Appeal No. 97-4177
Application No. 08/502,276
The claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
in the following manner:2
(1) Claims 1-5, 12, 18 and 20 as being unpatentable over
Powell in view of Paine and RAPZ;
(2) Claims 6-11 and 21-23 as being unpatentable over
Powell in view of Paine, RAPZ and the Swiss patent;
(3) Claims 13-15 as being unpatentable over Powell in
view of Paine, RAPZ and Gstalder;
(4) Claim 16 as being unpatentable over Powell in view of
Paine, RAPZ, Gstalder and Tracy;
(5) Claim 17 as being unpatentable over Powell in view of
Paine, RAPZ and Bodell;
(6) Claim 19 as being unpatentable over Powell in view of
Paine, RAPZ and Lane; and
(7) Claims 24-26 as being unpatentable over Powell in
view of Paine, RAPZ and Schoeller.
Each of the above-noted rejections is bottomed on the
examiner's view that
it would have been obvious to one with ordinary
skill in the art to modify Powell's bridging to
2A complete explanation of the rejections may be found on
pages 4-10 of the answer.
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