Appeal No. 1999-1911
Application No. 08/659,308
from a reading of exemplary claim 33, which appears in an
appendix to appellant’s brief.
The references relied upon by the examiner in support of
a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Gibson 869,431 Oct. 29,
1907
Nardone 2,550,586 Apr. 24,
1951
Flynn 2,803,028 Aug. 20,
1957
Lerner 3,185,291 May 25,
1965
Reinhard 3,870,186 Mar. 11,
1975
Gontard, et al. (Gontard) 1,566,737 May 9,1
1969 (Published French Patent Application)
Claims 33-39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Nardone in view of Gontard, Gibson,
Lerner, Reinhard and Flynn.
Reference is made to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 14) and
to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 15) for the respective
positions of appellant and the examiner regarding the merits
1Our understanding of this French language document is
derived, in part, from a partial translation thereof provided
by counsel for appellant as an attachment to appellant’s
brief.
2
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