Appeal No. 2000-1914 Application No. 08/718,643 Deyoreo et al 5,301,458 Apr. 12, 1994 (Deyoreo) Bible 5,329,725 Jul. 19, 1994 Butler et al 5,417,009 May 23, 1995 (Butler) The following rejections are before us for review.2 Claims 1 through 7, 11 through 16, 19, 21, 22, 27, 31, 32, 34 through 36, 40, 48, 49, and 55 through 57 stand3 rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Deyoreo. 2A final rejection of claims 50, 51, and 53 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, was overcome, as set forth in the advisory action of March 4, 1999 (Paper No. 18). 3Claim 49 has been added to the statement of the rejection, since in the body of the rejection on page 2 of the final rejection (Paper no. 11) claim 49 is specified. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007