Appeal No. 1999-0337
Application 08/323,839
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Schacht 2,077,015 Apr. 13, 1937
Booth 2,315,892 Apr. 6, 1943
Beck 3,598,696 Aug. 10, 1971
Justus 4,086,130 Apr. 25, 1978
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3, 5 through 7 and 9 through 17 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Beck in view of Booth.
Claims 4 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Beck in view of Booth, Justus and
Schacht.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 17 and 20) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 18) for the respective positions of the appellants
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections. 1
1The unpublished technical article appended to the main
brief and discussed on page 4 thereof has not been properly
authenticated and has no apparent relevance to the specific
issues raised in this appeal. Accordingly, we have considered
the article only to the extent that it embodies general
background information relating to the field of the invention.
-3-
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007