Appeal No. 1998-3413
Application No. 08/512,782
Claims 13 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Coleman in view of the state
of the art.
Claims 20 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Coleman in view of the state
of the art as applied to claim 18 above, and further in view
of either one of Allen and Blake.1
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 17, mailed June 10, 1998) for the reasoning in support of
the rejections and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 16, filed
December 1, 1997) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
1As pointed out on page 2 of the examiner’s answer, the
rejections of claims 1 and 2 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and
second paragraphs, have been withdrawn and are no longer
before us on appeal.
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