Appeal No. 1998-3001
Application No. 08/318,645
6, and 8, copies of which appear in the Appendix to the reply
brief (Paper No. 23).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Fesco 3,498,031 Mar. 3, 1970
Gin et al. 4,589,894 May 20,
1986
(Gin)
Bosses 5,080,702 Jan. 14, 1992
The following rejections are before us for review.1
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 6, 8, and 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gin in view of
Fesco.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Gin in view of Fesco, as applied above,
further in view of Bosses.
1As indicated on page 2 of the answer (Paper No. 22), a
final rejection of claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, was withdrawn by the examiner in view of the entry
of an amendment (Paper No. 21) after final rejection.
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