Appeal No. 1997-1505 Page 18
Application No. 08/580,778
We now turn to the rejection of claim 7 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Wahler in view of
Grandfield and Itri. We find that Itri does not overcome the
deficiencies of Wahler and Grandfield. Accordingly, the
rejection of claim 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
Turning next to the rejection of claims 1-4 and 9 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Wahler in view of
Grandfield, Itri and Blöckl, we find that Blöckl does not
overcome the deficiencies of Wahler, Grandfield and Itri.
Therefore, the rejection of claims 1-4 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 is reversed.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1-4, 7, 10, 12 and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, is reversed. The decision of the examiner to
reject claims 1-7 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
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