Appeal No. 99-0643 Page 4
Application No. 08/828,225
Capri 3,874,204 Apr. 1, 1975
Nagy 4,732,024 Mar. 22, 1988
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 10 through 14 and 16 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Nagy in view of Capri.
The complete text of the examiner's rejection and
response to the argument presented by the appellant appears in
the answer (Paper No. 22, mailed September 18, 1998), while
the complete statement of the appellant's argument can be
found in the supplemental brief (Paper No. 21, filed September
9, 1998).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
We shall not sustain the rejection of claims 10 through
14 and 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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