Appeal No. 1999-2646
Application No. 08/794,398
recited in claim 18 would have been obvious at the time the
invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the
art.
Therefore, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) rejection of claim 18 as being unpatentable over Duran
‘021 in view of Duran ‘297.
SUMMARY
The decision of the examiner:
a) to reject claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 16, 19 and 20
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by, and in the
alternative under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over, Duran ‘021 is affirmed;
b) to reject claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 16, 19 and 20
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Duran ‘021
in view of Reimold is affirmed;
c) to reject claims 3, 15 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Carpentier in view of Duran ‘021 is
affirmed;
d) to reject claim 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Duran ‘021 in view of Ross is reversed;
e) to reject claims 8 through 10 and 18 under 35 U.S.C.
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