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). 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007