Appeal No. 1998-1786 Page 3
Application No. 08/486,150
(filed Oct. 2, 1991)
Claims 36, 38, 39 and 41 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over White.
Claim 40 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over White in view of Kelley.
Claims 42 through 46 and 67 through 69 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over White in view
of Diamond.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 8, mailed December 12, 1996), the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 14, mailed January 5, 1997) and the supplemental
examiner's answer (Paper No. 17, mailed February 2, 1999) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the appellants' brief (Paper No. 13, filed
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