Appeal No. 2000-2014
Application No. 08/713,672
claims on appeal are reproduced in an appendix to appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Heikkilä 4,936,025 Jun. 26, 1990
Karlsson 4,942,674 Jul. 24, 1990
LePisto et al. (LePisto) 5,009,016 Apr. 23,
1991
The following three rejections are before us for review.1
(1) Claims 1-8, 10-20 and 22-24 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over LePisto.
(2) Claims 1-8, 10-20 and 22-24 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Heikkilä.
(3) Claims 1-8, 10-20 and 22-24 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Karlsson.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 19) and the
answer (Paper No. 20) for the respective positions of the
The examiner has withdrawn the other three prior art rejections set1
forth in the final rejection on the basis that the patents relied upon therein
are cumulative of LePisto, Heikkilä and Karlsson (answer, page 4).
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