Appeal No. 1998-1778 Page 4 Application No. 08/521,358 Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Terve in view of Olin, Kenway, Steltz and Ishii. Claim 26 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Terve in view of Olin, Kenway, Stroby and Badger. Claim 25 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Terve in view of Olin, Kenway, Stroby, Badger and Raupuk. Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Terve in view of Olin, Kenway and Oldfelt. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (mailed December 12, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants' brief (filedPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007