Appeal No. 98-1938
Application 08/570,196
Ender et al. (Ender) 4,081,151 Mar. 28, 1978
Jorgensen et al. (Jorgensen) 4,923,137 May 8,
1990
Claims 31 through 33, 40 through 42 and 48 through 50
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Jorgensen in view of Honsa.
Claim 34 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Jorgensen in view of Honsa as applied above,
and further in view of Ender.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 33, mailed February 18, 1998) for the examiner's reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper
No. 32, filed January 8, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 34,
filed April 21, 1998) for appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
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