Appeal No. 2000-0178
Application 08/686,630
Claims 3 through 10, 15, 16, 18 and 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Nazmy in view of the
American Machinist article as applied to claims 1, 2 and 11
through 13 above, and further in view of Mannava (‘965).
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Nazmy in view of the American Machinist article
and Mannava (‘965) as applied to claim 15 above, and further in
view of Mannava (‘329).
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Nazmy in view of the American Machinist article
and Mannava (‘965) as applied to claim 18 above, and further in
view of Baumann.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to 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. 9, mailed May 11, 1999) for the reasoning in
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