Appeal No. 2000-2108
Application No. 09/075,943
persuasive with respect to independent claims 17 and 18 on
appeal, and we will thus affirm the examiner's rejection of
those claims under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) based on the combined teachings of Carroll
and Lazar. In reaching this conclusion, we remain of the view
that the "centered hole" of claim 17 and the "second hole" of
claim 18 are readable on the opening or notch (30) in the
guide plate of Carroll as modified by Lazar.
In Summary:
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 2, 4
through 6, 8 through 14, 17 and 18 on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) is affirmed as to claims 17 and 18, but is reversed as
to claims 2, 4 through 6 and 8 through 14.
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 7, 15 and
16 on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.
Thus, the decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part.
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