Appeal No. 1999-0067
Application 08/533,305
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Rudolph 1,937,982 Dec. 5,
1933
Espy et al. (Espy) 2,730,380 Jan. 10,
1956
Smith, III 5,015,016 May 14,
1991
THE REJECTION
Claims 18-21, 23-25 and 27-33 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Espy in view of
Rudolph and Smith, III.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the rejections, we make reference to the
Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 17) and the final rejection
(Paper No. 14), and to the Appellant’s Briefs (Papers No. 16
and 18).
OPINION
The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings
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