Appeal No. 2000-0513 Application 08/803,047 THE PRIOR ART The references relied upon by the examiner to support the final rejection are: Thurman 760,278 May 17, 1904 Fry 1,839,840 Jan. 5, 1932 Maldanis 5,244,266 Sep. 14, 1993 THE REJECTIONS Claims 1 through 4, 7, 8, 10 through 12, 15 through 19, 22, 23, 25 through 27 and 29 through 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Fry. Claims 1, 9, 11, 14, 16, 24 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Thurman. Claims 5, 6, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fry. Claims 13 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007