Appeal No. 2001-0738
Application No. 08/953,606
cradle. A further understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 12, which appears in the
appendix to appellants’ main brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Wallace 2,189,719 Feb. 6,
1940
Raidel, Sr. 4,465,300 Aug. 14,
1984
Mukai et al. (Mukai) 5,385,369 Jan. 31,
1995
Ni et al. (Ni) 5,557,961 Sep.
24,
1996
Claims 12-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ni in view of Wallace and Mukai.
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ni in view of Wallace, Mukai and Raidel.
Reference is made to appellants’ main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 13 and 16) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No.
15) for the respective positions of appellants and the examiner
regarding the merits of these rejections.
Discussion
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