Appeal No. 1999-0695 Page 3
Application No. 08/427,018
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Bowen 2,859,923 Nov. 11, 1958
Weiss et al. (Weiss) 4,211,375 Jul. 8, 1980
Winter 5,039,374 Aug. 13, 1991
Benson et al. (Benson) 1,488,510 Oct. 12, 1977
(British patent specification)
The appellants' admitted prior art on page 1 of the specification (the AAPA)
The following rejections are before us for review.2
Claims 4, 5 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the
AAPA in view of Benson.
Claims 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the
AAPA in view of Benson, as applied to claims 4, 5 and 9 above, and further in view of Weiss
and Bowen.
Claims 8, 10-12 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over the AAPA in view of Benson, as applied to claims 4, 5 and 9 above, and further in view
of Winter.
The rejection under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 set forth in the final rejection (Paper No. 8)2
was overcome by the amendment in Paper No. 10 (see Paper No. 11).
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