Appeal No. 98-2261
Application 08/314,829
The prior art applied by the examiner is:
Craig 5,013,085 May 7, 1991
Baron 5,326,152 Jul. 5, 1994
DeMars 5,350,215 Sep. 27, 1994
Sinohuiz 5,356,107 Oct. 18, 1994
(filed Jul. 19, 1993)
The admitted prior art in appellant’s Declaration Under Rule
132 filed on August 15, 1996 (APA).
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
on the following grounds:
(1) Claims 1 to 5, 14 and 15, unpatentable over DeMars in
view of Craig and Baron;
(2) Claims 7 to 13, 17 and 18, unpatentable over DeMars in
view of Craig, Baron and Sinohuiz;
(3) Claims 6 and 16, unpatentable over DeMars in view of
Craig, Baron and APA.3
Rejection (1)
Appellant argues as to this rejection that the subject
matter recited in claim 1 is patentable over DeMars in view of
Craig and Baron because:
3This was a new ground of rejection made in the examiner’s answer.
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