Appeal No. 1999-2781
Application No. 08/656,299
Independent claims 1, 20, 25 and 30 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims may be
found in the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Fertier 3,150,744 Sep. 29,
1964
Fritsche 3,442,466 May 6,
1969
Kell 3,923,269 Dec.
2, 1975
Ellis et al. (Ellis) 4,538,703 Sep. 3,
1985
Olson et al. (Olson) 4,589,523 May 20,
1986
Willey 4,768,733 Sep.
6, 1988
Claims 1 through 10, 12, 13 and 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kell (Fig. 11),
Fritsche, or Fertier.
Claims 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Fertier or Kell in view of Olson.
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