Appeal No. 1997-0265 Application No. 08/294,882 1. Claims 1, 11-14 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Peterson and Franaszek. 2. Claims 2-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Peterson, Franaszek and Moran. 3. Claims 5 and 7-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Peterson, Franaszek, Moran and Blount. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the main brief and the answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’ arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007