Appeal No. 98-2414 Application 08/507,339 The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Faulkner 609,907 Oct. 8, 1948 (British specification) Saunders WO 91/09784 July 11, 1991 (PCT) Claims 12 through 16 and 25 through 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Saunders in view of Faulkner. Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding the rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 18, mailed January 9, 1998) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejection, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 17, filed December 15, 1997) and reply brief (Paper No. 19, filed February 28, 1998) for appellant's arguments thereagainst. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007