Appeal No. 1999-2323
Application No. 08/434519
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Wefler in view of Moore.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Wefler in view of Morris.
Claims 4 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Wefler in view of Demarest
'229.2
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 19, mailed March 8, 1999) for the reasoning in support of
the rejections and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 18, filed
2As noted on page 2 of the examiner's answer, the
rejection of claims 1 through 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, has now been withdrawn by the examiner in light of
certain proposed amendments found in Attachment A of
appellants' brief. It follows that appellants should formally
submit an appropriate amendment during any further prosecution
of the application before the examiner including the currently
proposed, and now apparently approved, changes.
3
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007