Appeal No. 2000-0293 Page 2
Application No. 08/766,862
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner
in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Martire Jr. 2,878,932 Mar. 24, 1959
Coon 4,632,351 Dec. 30, 1986
Gatt 4,944,398 Jul. 31, 1990
Grusin 5,040,681 Aug. 20, 1991
The rejections
Claims 1 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which appellant
regards as the invention.
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 8, and 12 through 17 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Martire in view of
Gatt and Grusin.
Claims 3 and 9 through 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Martire, Gatt and Grusin as applied to
claims 2 and 8 above, and further in view of Coon.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 12, mailed June
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