Appeal No. 2000-1841
Application 09/016,738
Shook et al. (Shook) 3,487,958 Jan. 6, 1970
Garman 4,768,917 Sep. 6, 1988
Brown 5,400,531 Mar. 28, 1995
THE REJECTIONS
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and distinctly
claim the subject matter the appellants regard as the
invention.
Claims 1, 4, 8 through 10 and 13 through 17 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Shook in view of Brown.
Claims 2, 3, 5 through 7, 11 and 12 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Shook in view of
Brown and Garman.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 10 and 14) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 11) for the respective positions of the appellants
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.
DISCUSSION
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