Appeal No. 98-2186
Application No. 08/517,946
Bobjer et al. (Bobjer) 4,515,070 May 7,
1985
Claims 1 through 5 and 8 through 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Lestage in view of
Watkins.
Claims 6, 7, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Lestage in view of Watkins as
applied above, and further in view of Sassmann.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 7, mailed December 4, 1996) and the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 11, mailed December 2, 1997) for the examiner's
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant’s
brief (Paper No. 10, filed November 6, 1997) and reply brief
(Paper No. 12, filed February 5, 1998) for appellant’s
arguments thereagainst.
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