Appeal No. 1997-2585
Application 07/930,880
Burley et al. (Burley) 5,001,558 Mar. 19, 1991
Claims 1, 2, 10, 15, 16, and 20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 over Burley and Lillquist. Claims 3 through
9, 12 through 14, and 17 through 19 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 over Burley, Lillquist, and Harada.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant and
the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answers 2 3
for the details thereof.
OPINION
2 Appellant filed an appeal brief on March 4, 1996.
Appellant also filed a reply brief on July 26, 1996 which was
acknowledged and entered by the Examiner with further comments
and new grounds of rejection in a supplemental answer. In
response to the new grounds of rejection, Appellant filed an
amendment to claims 1, 4, 10, 12, and 15 and a supplemental
reply brief on October 28, 1996 which were entered by the
Examiner and acknowledged in a second supplemental examiner’s
answer. Appellant further filed a second supplemental reply
brief on February 11, 1997 which was entered and acknowledged
in a communication from the Examiner mailed April 17, 1997.
3The Examiner mailed an answer on May 23, 1996, a
supplemental answer on August 19, 1996, and a second
supplemental answer on December 6, 1996.
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