Appeal No. 1998-0856
Application 08/486,022
All of the appealed rejections rely upon the combined teachings of the Schlar and LaBaw
references. As the additional references, Villers, Hopfer, Steinbruegge, Rancourt and Tar fail to rectify
the deficiencies in the combined teachings of Schlar and LaBaw with respect to claims 1-2, 6-7, 11-12
and 16-18, we conclude that there is no prima facie case of obviousness with respect to claims 3-5,
8-10 and 13-15. Accordingly, the additional rejections of: 1) claims 3, 8 and 13 as unpatentable over
Schlar in view of LaBaw as applied to claims 1, 6 and 11 and further in view of either Villers or
Hopfer; 2) claims 4, 9 and 14 as unpatentable over Schlar in view of LaBaw as applied to claims 1, 6
and 11 and further in view of either Steinbruegge or Rancourt; and 3) claims 5, 10 and 15 as
unpatentable over Schlar in view of LaBaw as applied to claims 1, 6 and 11 and further in view of Tar
are also reversed.
Conclusion
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-18 under 35 U.S.C. §103 is
Reversed.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be
extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
REVERSED
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