Appeal No. 1998-0308 Application 07/844,879 THE REJECTIONS Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Krwawicz in view of L’Esperance ‘608, L’Esperance ‘541 and L’Esperance ‘913. Claims 2 through 6, 15 through 19 and 25 through 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Krwawicz in view of L’Esperance ‘608, L’Esperance ‘541, L’Esperance ‘913 and Bath. Claims 7 through 14 and 20 through 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Krwawicz in view of L’Esperance ‘608, L’Esperance ‘541, L’Esperance ‘913, Bath and Peyman. Reference is made to the appellant’s main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 18 and 21) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 19) for the respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the merits of these 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007