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). 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007