Appeal No. 1998-3289
Application 08/362,167
Galli 2,114,065 Aug. 17, 1983
(Great Britain)
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, and 20
through 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over either Yokosuka, Otsuka, or Galli (British
document) in view of Hori, Kupferschmidt (European Patent),
and Shea.
The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer
(Paper No. 21), while the complete statement of appellants’
argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos.
20 and 23).
OPINION
As a consequence of our review of appellants’
specification and claims, the applied teachings, and the 3
3In our evaluation of the applied documents, we have
considered all of the disclosure of each reference for what it
would have fairly taught one of ordinary skill in the art.
See In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965, 148 USPQ 507, 510 (CCPA
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