Appeal 1996-2010
Application 07/941,650
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from an
examiner’s final rejection of Claims 15 and 17-20. The final
rejection of
Claims 15-20 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, has been
withdrawn (Examiner’s Answer (Ans.), p. 2, final paragraph).
The examiner objects to Claim 16 (Ans., p. 1, para. 1),
presumably only because it depends upon finally rejected Claim
15. Still pending “Claims 1-14 have been withdrawn from
consideration as directed to non-elected inventions”
(Appellants’ Brief (Br.),
p. 1, first para.).
Introduction
Claims 15 and 17-20 stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 in view of the combined teachings of Payne et al.
(Payne), U.S. Patent 5,126,133, issued June 30, 1992, from
Application 07/371,955, filed June 27, 1989; Sick et al.
(Sick), U.S. Patent 4,996,155, issued February 26, 1991, from
Application 07/164,044, filed March 4, 1988; and Soares et al.
(Soares), U.S. Patent 4,849,217, issued July 18, 1989, from
Application 07/123,023, filed November 19, 1987. All claims
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