Appeal No. 2000-2022
Application No. 08/888,663
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Gustafson 2,894,723 Jul. 14,
1959
Shaver 2,940,267 Jun. 14, 1960
Burenga et al. (Burenga) 5,282,511 Feb. 1,
1994
Horn et al. (Horn) 5,437,341 Aug. 1, 1995
The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103(a) on the following grounds:
(1) Claims 2, 6, 9 and 10, unpatentable over Burenga in view
of Horn and Shaver;
(2) Claims 3, 4, 7 and 8, unpatentable over Burenga in view of
Horn, Shaver and Gustafson;
(3) Claim 10, unpatentable over Horn in view of Shaver.1
Rejection Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), claims 2 to 4 and 6 to 10
are rejected as being unpatentable for lack of compliance with
the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.
As an element of the claimed combination, independent
claims 6 and 9 each recite
1 The examiner inadvertently omits Shaver from the
statement of this rejection on page 5 of the answer.
2
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