Appeal No. 1999-0615
Application No. 08/786,974
1971
Good, Jr. (Good) 3,802,511 Apr. 9,
1974
Teske et al. (Teske) 5,255,747 Oct. 26,
1993
Claims 1 through 5, 10, 12 through 14 and 16 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Good
in view of Farison and Stults.
Claims 6 through 9 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Good in view of Farison and
Stults as applied to claims 1, 12 and 14 above, and further in
view of Teske.
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 appellant
regarding the rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 16, mailed October 2, 1998) for the
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant's
substitute brief (Paper No. 15, filed August 10, 1998) for the
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