Appeal No. 1996-3859
Application No. 08/278,910
THE REFERENCES
Hoffmann 3,735,966 May 29,
1973
Bourgois et al. (Bourgois) 4,722,210 Feb. 2,
1988
Vanneste (Vanneste ‘472) 4,767,472 Aug. 30,
1988
Vanneste et al. (Vanneste ‘394) 4,788,394 Nov. 29,
1988
Kaneda (JP ‘592) 1-201592 Aug. 14,
1989
(Japanese unexamined patent application)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
follows: claims 19-26, 32 and 35-38 over Vanneste ‘472 in view
of Hoffmann, and claims 27-31 over Vanneste ‘472 in view of
Hoffmann and JP ‘592, further in view of either Vanneste ‘394
or Bourgois.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner and agree with the
examiner that the invention recited in claims 36 and 37 would
have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
time of appellants’ invention over the applied references.
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