Appeal No. 1997-0562
Application No. 08/255,130
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Torng 4,807,115 Feb. 21, 1989
Kinney et al. (Kinney) 5,193,158 Mar. 09, 1993
(Filed Oct. 18, 1991)
Hobbs et al. (Hobbs) 5,197,138 Mar. 23, 1993
(Filed Dec. 26, 1989)
Guenthner et al. (Guenthner) EP-0 106 670 Apr. 25, 1984
Claims 1 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Torng in view of Guenthner. Claims 3-5 and 8-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Torng and Guenthner in view of Kinney and Hobbs.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 29, mailed Jul. 22, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 28, filed Jun. 24, 1996) for the
appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
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