Appeal No. 1998-2537
Application 08/680,602
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Graham 3,836,345 Sept. 17, 1974
Huber et al. (Huber) 4,615,151 Oct. 7, 1986
Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Graham in view of Huber.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
statement with regard to the above noted rejections and con-
flicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
regarding the rejection, we make reference to the final rejec-
tion (Paper No. 5, mailed September 2, 1997) and the exam-
iner’s answer (Paper No. 10, mailed February 20, 1998) for the
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to appellant’s
brief (Paper No. 9, received November 6, 1997) and reply brief
(Paper No. 12, received April 3, 1998) for the arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
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