Appeal No. 2001-0553
Application 09/218,910
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Block 3,971,695 Jul. 27,
1976
Stanford 4,040,043 Aug. 2,
1977
Armington 4,650,456 Mar.
17, 1987
Claims 1 through 24, 25 and 30 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Armington in
view of Stanford.
Claims 26 through 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Armington in view of
Stanford as applied above, and further in view of Block.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the
rejections, we make reference to the Office action mailed
December 27, 1999 (Paper No. 5), the final rejection (Paper
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