Appeal No. 2001-1387 Application No. 08/715,210 The items relied on by the appellants as evidence of non- obviousness are: The 37 CFR § 1.132 Declaration of Anatoly Verdel filed July 15, 1999 (Paper No. 17). The Supplemental 37 CFR § 1.132 Declaration of Anatoly Verdel filed December 13, 1999 (Paper No. 30). THE REJECTIONS Claims 1 through 5, 14 and 16 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Unipac in view of Helms. Claims 9 through 12 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Unipac in view of Helms and Finkelstein. Claims 1 through 8, 13, 16, 17 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Peeters in view of Helms. Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 36 and 38) and to the examiner’s final rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 31 and 37) for the respective 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007