Appeal No. 1997-2252
Application No. 08/225,965 Page 2
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kozlowski et al. 4,692,199 Sept. 8, 1987
(Kozlowski)
Swenson et al. 4,793,793 Dec. 27, 1988
(Swenson)
Spengler et al. 4,923,539 May 8, 1990
(Spengler)
Alesi, Jr. et al. 5,401,456 Mar. 28, 1995
(Alesi) (effective filing date Oct. 7, 1987)
Claims 1 to 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Spengler in view of Alesi or Kozlowski in
further view of Swenson.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 15, mailed
January 22, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 14, filed
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