Appeal No. 98-0107 Page 3
Application No. 08/545,920
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to
appellant’s brief.
The following references are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness in support of his
rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
Puckett 2,779,522 Jan. 29,
1957
Buban et al. (Buban) 4,465,208 Aug. 14,
1984
Yablans 5,337,897 Aug. 16,
1994
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over “Puckett, Buban et al.,
or Yablans” (answer page 3). As we understand this
statement of the rejections, the examiner relies solely on
Puckett in the first rejection, solely on Buban in the
second rejection, and solely on Yablans in the third
rejection. With regard to each of these rejections, the
examiner concedes on page 4 of the answer that the
carriers of the applied references lack an entry opening
that is similar in size and configuration to a cartridge
clip. He also concedes that the applied references lack a
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