Appeal No. 1999-0313 Page 4
Application No. 08/918,089
The rejections before us on appeal as set forth in the
examiner's answer (Paper No. 22, mailed Oct. 26, 1998) are:
(1) Claims 29 to 35, 37, 38 and 49 to 52 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Brown in view of Reed;
(2) Claim 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Brown in view of Reed and Hoffman;
(3) Claims 39 to 43 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Brown in view of Reed and Pietro;
(4) Claims 44 and 53 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Brown in view of Reed and Miller;
(5) Claims 45 to 48 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Brown in view of Reed and Gerard;
(6) Claims 54 to 58, 60 and 61 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Brown in view of Gerard and Reed;
(7) Claim 59 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Brown in view of Gerard, Reed and Hoffman; and
(8) Claim 62 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Brown in view of Gerard, Reed and Miller.5
5The following rejections were withdrawn by the examiner
in the answer (pp. 2, 4, 5, 7 & 15): (1) claim 66 under 35
U.S.C.
(continued...)
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007