Ex parte GATES - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-1731                                                        
          Application No. 08/377,924                                                  


               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     


          Siard               4,472,129                     Sep. 18, 1984             
          Briggs et al        4,522,775                     Jun. 11, 1985             
          (Briggs ‘775)                                                               
          Briggs et al        4,798,526                     Jan. 17, 1989             
          (Briggs ‘526)                                                               
          Teutsch             5,069,612                     Dec.  3, 1991             


               The following rejection is before us for review.                       


               Claims 7, 9 through 16, 18, 19, and 39 through 44 stand                
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                   
          Siard or Briggs ‘526 in view of Teutsch and Briggs ‘775.                    


               The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to              
          the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer                   
          (Paper No. 14), while the complete statement of appellant’s                 
          argument can be found in the brief (Paper No. 13).                          




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