Appeal No. 1999-1485 Application No. 08/317,355 As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the documents listed below: McWilliams 2,402,337 Jun. 18, 1946 Birckhead 4,737,060 Apr. 12, 1988 The following rejection is before us for review. Claims 21 through 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Birckhead in view of McWilliams. The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper No. 29), while the complete statement of appellant's argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 28 and 32). OPINION 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007