Appeal No. 1997-3797 Page 4 Application No. 08/121,820 Claims 25 to 28, 31 to 33, 35 and 37 to 41 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Miripol in view of one of Ryan or Bujan, further in view of Vazquez, Cooke and Brown. Claims 29, 30, 34 and 36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Miripol, Ryan or Bujan, Vazquez, Cooke and Brown as applied to claims 25 to 28, 31 to 33 and 35 above, and further in view of Daly and the appellants' admitted prior art. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 25, mailed May 13, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 23, filed February 4, 1997) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst. OPINIONPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007