Appeal No. 1999-2243
Application 08/567,081
Whorton 4,886,286 Dec. 12, 1989
The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) on the following grounds:3
(1) Claim 12, unpatentable over Pike;
(2) Claims 13 to 15, unpatentable over Pike in view of Evans
and Jones;
(3) Claims 16, 20, 23 to 25, 27, 28, 31, 32 and 34 to 36,
unpatentable over Johnson in view of Pike;
(4) Claims 17 to 19, 26 and 38, unpatentable over Johnson in
view of Pike and Boldt;
(5) Claims 22, 30 and 33, unpatentable over Johnson in view of
Pike, Evans and Jones;
(6) Claim 21, unpatentable over Johnson in view of Pike,
Boldt, Evans and Jones.
3An additional rejection of claims 24, 25 and 34 under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is not repeated in the exam-
iner's answer and therefore is presumed to have been with-
drawn. Ex parte Emm, 118 USPQ 180, 181 (Bd. App. 1957).
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