Appeal No. 1997-0811
Application No. 08/240,554
being unpatentable over the teachings of Schoolman and Heilig
and further in view of Henkes.
4. Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Schoolman and Heilig
and further in view of Lee.
5. Claims 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Schoolman and
Heilig and further in view of Lindsay and Trumbull.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answers 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 briefs along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answers.
It is our view, after consideration of the record
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