Ex parte SWINKELS et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 98-2420                                                          
          Application No. 08/573,854                                                  


               Claims 1, 2 and 3 are illustrative of the subject matter               
          on appeal and a copy of those claims may be found in Appendix               
          A of appellants' brief.                                                     


          The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the                   
          examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is:               
          Merrigan                 4,067,150                     Jan. 10,             
          1978                                                                        


          Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                     
          as being unpatentable over Merrigan.                                        


                                                                                     














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