Appeal No. 2000-1649
Application No. 08/951,077
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Stronge et al. (Stronge) 3,865,323 Feb.
11, 1975
Richardson et al. 4,408,811 Oct. 11,
1983
(Richardson)
Voss et al. (Voss) 4,611,768 Sep. 16,
1986
De Luca et al. (De Luca) Des. 312,369 Nov. 27,
1990
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected on the
following grounds:
(1) Claims 1, 5, 10, 15, 19 and 20, anticipated by De Luca,
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
(2) Claims 1 to 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15 to 17 and 20, unpatentable
over Voss in view of De Luca, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
(3) Claims 4, 5, 8, 12 to 14, 18, 19 and 21, unpatentable over
Voss in view of De Luca and Richardson, under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a).
(4) Claim 9, unpatentable over Voss in view of De Luca and
Stronge, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
Rejection (1)
Claim 1 reads (emphasis added):
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