Appeal No. 1999-0282 Page 2
Application No. 08/716,995
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a swap out plate and
assembly. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 17 and 20, which appear
in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ozawa et al. (Ozawa) 5,474,410 Dec. 12, 1995
Muka et al. (Muka) 5,588,789 Dec. 31, 1996
(filed July 6,
1995)
Claims 1 through 4, 6 through 9 and 11 through 19 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
Muka.
Claims 5 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Muka.
Claims 20 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Muka in view of Ozawa.
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