Appeal No. 1998-2035
Application 08/458,783
Buckingham 2,117,295 May 17, 1938
Lyon 2,821,156 Jan. 28, 1958
Ruza 3,087,390 Apr. 30, 1963
Daniels 4,243,079 Jan. 6, 1981
REJECTIONS
Claims 1-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Ruza in view of Lyon and Daniels.
Claims 17 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Ruza in view of Lyon and
Daniels as applied to claims 1-15 above, and further in view
of Buckingham.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 7, mailed December 31, 1996), the
examiner’s answer (Paper No. 12, mailed June 24, 1997) and a
response to appellants’ reply brief (Paper No. 15, mailed
October 15, 1997) for reasoning in support of the rejections,
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