Appeal No. 1999-0718 Application 08/594,149 The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Carley 568,237 Sept. 22, 1896 Donnelly D-26,777 Mar. 16, 1897 Hanneman 2,116,928 May 10, 1938 Williams 2,607,988 Aug. 26, 1952 Carter 2,777,724 Jan. 15, 1957 Eramo 3,464,731 Sept. 2, 1969 Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by either Hanneman or Eramo. Claims 1, 2, 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Carter. Claims 1 and 4 additionally stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Donnelly in view of Carley. Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Donnelly in view of Carley as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Williams. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007