Appeal No. 1997-1485 Application 08/279,046 the examiner has relied upon the following references as evidence of obviousness: Patterson et al. (Patterson) 4,859,511 Aug. 22, 1989 Tsubaki et al. (Tsubaki) 5,326,624 Jul. 5, 1994 (U.S. filing date of Jul. 9, 1992) 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007