Appeal No. 98-2812
Application 08/473,054
Claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 through 16, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Zehner ‘453.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Zehner ‘453 in view
of Robinson.
Claims 7 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Zehner ‘453.3
Rather than reiterate the details of these rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the rejections, we refer to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 22,
mailed December 19, 1997) and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 21, filed September 23, 1997) for a
full exposition thereof.
rejection.
3As noted on page 8 of the examiner’s answer, the rejection of claims 1 and 2 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 based on Hasse (4,657,539) and Zehner ‘453 has been withdrawn.
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