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. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007