Appeal No. 98-1554 Page 3
Application No. 08/586,894
THE REJECTIONS2
Claims 16-19 and 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Schatz in view of Engineering
Materials.
Claims 22-24, 26-37, 40 and 41 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schatz in view of Lucke
and Bottum.
The rejections are explained in the Examiner's Answer.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellant are set forth in
the Brief.
OPINION
After consideration of the positions and arguments set
forth by both the examiner and the appellant, we have concluded
that the teachings of the references relied upon fail to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to the
claimed subject matter. This being the case, we will not
2A number of claims were amended after the final
rejection, which overcame rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph. See Papers Nos. 10, 11, 15 and 16.
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