Appeal No. 2000-0859 Page 3
Application No. 08/777,668
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Rueter.1
Claims 9 to 14, 16, 17 and 19 to 21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rueter in view of
Callahan.
Claims 15 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Rueter in view of Callahan as applied
to claims 9 and 16 above, and further in view of Official
Notice.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 15,
mailed February 26, 1999) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief
1While the examiner has cited 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as the
basis for this rejection, it is clear that the correct basis
for this rejection would be 35 U.S.C. § 102(e).
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