Appeal No. 2000-2062
Application No. 08/108,698
brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:1
Hainke (German patent) 497,432 May 8, 1930
Lahtinen (Finnish patent) 81,986 Sep. 28, 1990
Claim 17 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as unpatentable over Lahtinen in view of Hainke.
Background
On February 19, 1998, a panel of this Board issued a
decision (Paper No. 41) in which the rejections of claims 5 to
7, 9 to 11, 15 and 16 were reversed, and, pursuant to 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b), new rejections of those claims under 35 U.S.C. §
103 were entered, including a rejection of claims 5 to 7, 9 to
11, 15 and 16 as unpatentable over Lahtinen in view of Hainke.
In subsequent prosecution, appellant canceled claims 5 to 7, 9
to 11, 15 and 16, and added claims 17 to 24. After claims 17
to 24 were finally rejected (Paper No. 43), claim 17 was
amended and claims 18 to 24 were canceled.
The Rejection
The relevant disclosures of Lahtinen and Hainke have
1 Translations of these references were forwarded to
appellant on February 19, 1998.
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