Ex parte HOOPINGARNER et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-1308                                                        
          Application No. 08/469,397                                                  


               The examiner further relies on the admitted prior art at               
          page 1 in the specification.                                                




                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
               Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 or in              
          the alternative 35 U.S.C. § 103 as anticipated by or obvious                
          over Wolf.                                                                  
               Claims 1, 3, 6, and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 103 as unpatentable over Brambach in view of Wolf.                        
               Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                       
          unpatentable over Wolf and Brambach and further in view of the              
          admitted prior art.  For the details of the appellants' and                 
          the examiner's arguments, with respect to the rejections on                 
          appeal, reference is made to the appeal brief and examiner's                
          answer for a full statement thereof.                                        


                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully reviewed the rejections on appeal in                 
          light of the arguments of appellants and the examiner.  As a                
          result of this review, we have reached the determination that               
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