Ex parte GARCIA-MALLOL - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1997-4385                                                        
          Application No. 08/288,864                                                  


          Claims 19 and 25 are representative and are reproduced in an                
          appendix to the brief.                                                      





               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Evans                    2,888,096                     May  26,             
          1959                                                                        
          Suzuki et al. (Suzuki)   4,285,142                     Aug. 25,             
          1981  Dewitz et al. (Dewitz)       4,731,228                                
               Mar. 15, 1988 Kalen et al. (Kalen)      5,207,805                      
                         May  04, 1993                                                
               The following rejections are before us for review:                     
               (I) claims 19 through 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Dewitz; and                                
               (II) claim 25 through 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Evans or Suzuki or Kalen.                  
               The full text of the examiner's rejections and responses               
          to the arguments presented by the appellant appears in the                  
          answer                                                                      
          (Paper No. 13), while the complete statement of the                         
          appellant’s arguments can be found in the brief (Paper No.                  
          12).                                                                        
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