Appeal No. 1998-2096
Application No. 08/586,966
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Chandler 4,802,317 Feb. 7, 1989
Habib et al. (Habib) 5,026,213 Jun. 25, 1991
Claims 20, 21, 23 through 25 and 31 through 35
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Chandler.
Claims 22 and 26 through 28 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chandler in view of Habib.
The full text of the examiner's rejections and response
to the arguments presented by the appellants appears in the
answer (Paper No. 12, mailed December 9, 1997), while the
complete statement of the appellants’ arguments can be found
in the Main Brief (Paper No. 11, filed October 2, 1997) and
the Reply Brief (Paper No. 13, filed February 13, 1998).
OPINION
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should read --member--; claim 24, line 1, “and” should be deleted.
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