Appeal No. 1997-2896 Application 08/340,561 The Examiner relies upon the following references: Easterbrook 4,931,784 Jun. 5, 1990 Stockholm 5,293,579 Mar. 8, 1994 Memarzadeh 5,283,557 Feb. 1, 1994 Alcorn et al. (Alcorn) 5,301,269 Apr. 5, 1994 Zimmer 5,347,620 Sep. 13, 1994 Claims 1, 2 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being unpatentable over Memarzadeh. Claims 4 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Memarzadeh, Zimmer, Alcorn, and Stockholm. Claims 11 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Memarzadeh, Zimmer, Alcorn, Stockholm, and Easterbrook. OPINION 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007