Appeal No. 2000-0165
Application No. 08/783,693
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Smith 3,337,681 Aug. 22, 1967
Beinhaur 4,451,696 May 29, 1984
Hasan 5,711,116 Jan. 27, 1998
(filed Aug. 14,
1995)
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 15, 17 through 19, 21 through 29,
31, 32 and 34 through 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Smith in view of Hasan.
Claims 30 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Smith in view of Hasan and
Beinhaur.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 18 and 20)
and the answer (paper number 19) for the respective positions
of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1, 2,
4 and 28 through 30, and sustain the obviousness rejection of
claims 5 through 15, 17 through 19, 21 through 27 and 31
through 37.
In the obviousness rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through
15, 17 through 19, 21 through 29, 31, 32 and 34 through 37,
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