Appeal No. 2000-2288 Application No. 08/960,576 those claims may be found in the Appendix to appellants' brief (Paper No. 10). The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Burton 4,096,702 Jun. 27, 1978 Werthmann 4,398,451 Aug. 16, 1983 Plaisted et al. 5,165,958 Nov. 24, 1992 (Plaisted '958) Additional prior art references of record relied upon by this merits panel of the Board in new rejections entered infra pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) are: Bear 3,302,343 Feb. 7, 1967 Smith AU-A-67882/87 Aug. 20, 1987 (Australian Patent) 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007