Appeal No. 2000-0913
Application No. 09/067,123
and 9, copies of which are found in the appendix to
appellants’ brief.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation and obviousness are:
Eggert, Jr. 3,859,625 Jan. 07, 1975
Nilsson 4,244,601 Jan. 13, 1981
Cameron 5,062,662 Nov. 05, 1991
Busch 5,286,091 Feb. 15, 1994
Niebuhr GB 2,277,869 Nov. 16, 1994
(UK Patent Application)
The following rejections are before us for review:
(a) claims 1, 3 and 5, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), as being
anticipated by Niebuhr;
(b) claims 2, 4, 6 and 10-12, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as
being unpatentable over Niebuhr in view of Busch;
(c) claim 7, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being unpatentable
over Niebuhr in view of Cameron;
(d) claim 9, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being unpatentable
over Niebuhr in view of Eggert;
(e) claims 14 and 16-18, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being
unpatentable over Niebuhr in view of Busch and Nilsson;
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