Appeal No. 97-2019 Page 2
Application No. 08/430,196
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the
appendix to the appellant's brief.
The References
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Jordan 786,127 Mar. 28, 1905
Cuthbertson 3,827,087 Aug. 6, 1974
Ekman 3,924,278 Dec. 9, 1975
Wakenshaw 4,546,505 Oct. 15,
1985
Johansson 4,809,368 Mar. 7, 1989
The Rejections
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Ekman in view of Wakenshaw and
Cuthbertson.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ekman, Wakenshaw and Cuthbertson as applied
to claim 1 above, and further in view of Johansson.
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