Appeal No. 1998-2941 Page 47
Application No. 08/061,985
Reexamination Control No. 90/003,682
and 30-32 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Dunn is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 21 and 29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over any one of Dunn, the News & Observer article, and the PSA
abstract as set forth above further in view of Fioriti and
Bracco is affirmed; the decision of the examiner to
provisionally reject claims 3-17, 18/4, 18/8, 18/12, 18/16,
19/4, 19/8, 19/12, 19/16, 28-35, and 46/28 under 35 U.S.C. §
101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1, 3-17,
18/1, 18/4, 18/8, 18/12, 18/16, 19/1, 19/4, 19/8, 19/12,
19/16, 28-35, and 46 of copending reissue application No.
07/880,899 is affirmed; and the decision of the examiner to
reject claims 20-27 and 46/20 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, is reversed. In addition, new
rejections of claims 12 to 17, 18/12, 18/16, 19/12 and 19/16
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 have been added pursuant to provisions
of 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b).
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