Appeal No. 1998-2656
Application No. 08/523,535
reading of exemplary claim 9, a copy of which appears in the
APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 12).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has relied upon
the documents listed below:
Healy et al. (Healy) 4,051,522 Sep. 27,
1977
Wells 5,003,300 Mar. 26,
1991
Hoffman et al. 5,183,038 Feb.
2, 1993
(Hoffman)
Claims 9, 10, and 13 through 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hoffman in view
of Wells.
Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Hoffman in view of Wells, as
applied to claims 9, 10, and 13 through 15 above, further in
view of Healy.
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