Appeal No. 1998-3367 Application No. 08/545,717 Summary The rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, is reversed. The rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Gipson is reversed. The rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gipson is affirmed. Since at least one rejection of each of the appealed claims has been affirmed, the decision of the examiner finally rejecting the appealed claims is affirmed. 18Page: Previous 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007