Appeal No. 99-0228 Application No. 08/721,504 ejecting slugs of material from said proximal end. THE REFERENCES The references relied upon by the examiner to support the final rejection are: MacGregor 2,424,474 Jul. 22, 1947 Dann 2,463,455 Mar. 1, 1949 THE REJECTION Claims 1-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Dann in view of MacGregor. OPINION Rather than reiterate the examiner’s explanation of the rejection and the appellant’s arguments in response thereto, we refer to the Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 10) and the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 7). 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007