Appeal No. 97-3007 Page 2
Application No. 08/161650
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 16, which appears in the appendix to the appellant's
brief.
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Randolph Re. 25,241 Sep. 11,
1962
Burton 3,475,768 Nov. 4,
1969
Medler 3,574,104 Apr. 6,
1971
Allen 3,610,563 Oct. 5,
1971
(‘563)
Burkholz et al. 3,766,573 Oct. 23,
1973
(Burkholz)
Porter 4,275,534 Jun. 30,
1981
Walter 4,642,962 Feb. 17,
1987
Fondiller 4,678,157 Jul. 7,
1987
Hale 4,746,471 May 24,
1988
Allen 4,838,292 Jun. 13,
1989
(‘292)
Plantier 4,885,879 Dec. 12,
1989
Santosuosso 4,901,484 Feb. 20,
1990
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