Appeal No. 1998-1320
Application No. 08/305,643
The Examiner relies on the following prior art
references:1
Null et al. (Null) 4,320,255 Mar.
16, 1982
Digi-Key Corp. Brochure (Digi-key), Catalog No. 902, page
62 (Mar. - Apr. 1990).
Claims 1-18 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Appellant’s admissions as to the
prior art in view of Null and Digi-Key.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answers for the 2
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, the arguments
in support of the rejection and the evidence of obviousness
1The Examiner additionally relies on Appellant’s
admissions as to the prior art at page 1 of the specification.
2The Appeal Brief was filed December 3, 1996. In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated February 4, 1997, a
Reply Brief was filed April 4, 1997 to which the Examiner
responded with a Supplemental Examiner’s Answer dated June 17,
1997. The Examiner submitted a further Supplemental
Examiner’s Answer dated October 22, 1997 in response to
Appellant’s Supplemental Reply Brief filed August 18, 1997.
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