Appeal No. 1998-0805
Application No. 08/599,508
Wilke et al. (Wilke) 3,948,264 Apr. 6,
1976
Burns et al. (Burns) 5,284,133 Feb. 8,
1994
Calvert et al. (Calvert) 5,522,383 Jun.
4, 1996
(filed Jun. 14, 1991)
International patent WO 90/13327 Nov. 15,
1990
application (Hodson)
British patent application 2 262 452 Jun. 23,
1993
(Smith)
THE REJECTIONS3
Claims 1, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Wilke.
The following rejections stand under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
(1) Claims 2, 4, 6 and 20 on the basis of Wilke and Smith.
(2) Claim 5 on the basis of Wilke and either Burns or Hodson.
(3) Claim 24 on the basis of Wilke and Calvert.
(4) Claims 17 and 26-33 on the basis of Wilke and Hodson.
3A rejection of claims 18, 19, 20 and 23 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, was withdrawn after being overcome by
amendment (see Paper No. 20).
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