Appeal No. 1997-2474 Page 4
Application No. 08/125,590
Duhamel 4,831,574 May 16, 1989
McMillan, Jr. et al. 5,224,062 Jun. 29, 1993
(McMillan)
Uramoto et al. 5,249,146 Sep. 28, 1993
(Uramoto) (filed Mar. 20,
1992).
Claims 1, 24, 26, and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as obvious over McMillan. Claims 2, 3, and 25 stand
rejected under § 103 as obvious over McMillan in view of
Uramoto. Claims 4-23, 29, and 31 stand rejected under § 103
as obvious over McMillan in view of Uramoto further in view of
Duhamel. Rather than repeat the arguments of the
appellants or examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the
brief and answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we considered
the subject matter on appeal and the rejections and evidence
advanced by the examiner. Furthermore, we duly considered the
arguments of the appellants and examiner. After considering
the totality of the record, we are not persuaded that the
examiner erred in rejecting claims 1-8, 24, 25, 28, 29, and
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