Appeal No. 1999-0231
Application No. 08/472,354
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Fellows 4,030,415 Jun. 21,
1977
Smith 4,056,057 Nov. 01,
1977
Fischer 4,589,339 May 20,
1986
Tittgemeyer 4,913,048 Apr. 03,
1990
Vrotacoe 5,245,923 Sep. 21,
1993
(Filed Jul. 07, 1992)
Arkell 1,401,695 Jul. 30,
1975
(British)
The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103(a) on the following grounds:
(1) Claims 1 through 3, 5 and 7, unpatentable over Fellows in
view of Arkell, Tittgemeyer, Vrotacoe and Fischer; and
(2) Claim 6, unpatentable over Fellows in view of Arkell,
Tittgemeyer, Vrotacoe and Fischer, as applied to claim 5, and
further in view of Smith.
The full text of the examiner's rejections and response
to the arguments presented by the appellants appears in the
answer (Paper No. 25), while the complete statement of the
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