Ex parte HAMISCH, JR. et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 2000-2256                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 09/069,377                                                                                                             


                          As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has applied the                                                                     
                 document specified below:                                                                                                              


                 Harvey                                       5,211,491                                             May 18,                             
                 1993                                                                                                                                   


                          The following rejection is the sole rejection before us                                                                       
                 for review. 1                                                                                                                          


                          Claims 34 and 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)                                                                      
                 as being anticipated by Harvey.                                                                                                        


                          The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to                                                                     
                 the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer                                                                             
                 (Paper No. 11), while the complete statement of appellants'                                                                            
                 argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos.                                                                         
                 9 and 13).                                                                                                                             



                          1A terminal disclaimer (Paper No. 10) was accepted by the                                                                     
                 examiner (answer, page 2), overcoming double patenting                                                                                 
                 rejections set forth in the final rejection (Paper No. 7)                                                                              
                 which were not repeated in the answer.                                                                                                 
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