Appeal No. 1999-0621
Application 08/378,376
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Ashton et al. (Ashton) 3,970,495 Jul. 20,
1976
Worgan et al. (Worgan) 4,089,190 May 16,
1978
Stephan et al. (Stephan) 4,693,140
Sept. 15, 1987
Orkin et al. (Orkin) 4,704,918 Nov. 10,
1987
Tice 4,841,801 Jun.
27, 1989
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 23 through 27, 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter the
appellants regard as the invention. 1
1 The examiner entered this rejection for the first time
in the main answer (Paper No. 24).
3
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