Appeal No. 1998-1107 Page 3
Application No. 08/536,768
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Stehlik 5,517,529 May 14,
1996
filed Oct. 18, 1993
Scott et al. (Scott) 5,212,659 May 18,
1993.
Claims 8, 9, 13, 26, and 27 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Stehlik. Claims 6, 11-12,
14-16,
18-25, and 28-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious over Stehlik. Claims 7, 10, and 17 stand rejected1
under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Stehlik in view of Scott.
Rather than repeat the arguments of the appellant or examiner
in toto, we refer the reader to the brief and answer for the
respective details thereof.
1Although the examiner includes claims 29 and 30 in his
statement of the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e),
(Examiner's Answer at 4), the claims depend from claim 22,
which is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Accordingly, claims
29 and 30 are more properly included with claim 22 in the
latter rejection.
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