Ex parte FINKELSTEIN et al. - Page 3




          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              


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