Appeal No. 1997-4354
Application 08/177,296
Whereas we will not sustain the rejection of independent
claims 1 and 8, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 2, 3
and 5-7, which depend from claim 1, or of claims 9, 10, 12-14 and
22, which depend from claim 8, as anticipated by or obvious over
Diefendorff.
Summary
The rejection of claims 15-21 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, is reversed.
The rejection of claims 15-21 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 is
reversed.
The rejection of claims 15, 20 and 21 under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as anticipated by Diefendorff is affirmed.
The rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 8-10, 12, 16-19 and 22 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Diefendorff is reversed.
The rejection of claims 6, 7, 13 and 14 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Diefendorff is reversed.
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