Appeal No. 1999-0178 Application No. 08/658,849 Vestrem 2,238,759 Apr. 15, 1941 Meidenbauer, Jr. 2,406,888 Sep. 3, 1946 Reiher 4,195,949 Apr. 1, 1980 Kranz 4,250,876 Feb. 17, 1981 The following rejections are before us for review. Claims 1, 6, and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Meikle in view of Reiher. Claims 2 through 4, 8, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Meikle in view of Reiher, as applied to claim 1 above, further in view of Meidenbauer, Jr. Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C.§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Meikle in view of Reiher, as applied to claim 1 above, further in view of Vestrem. Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C.§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Meikle in view of Reiher, as applied to claim 1 above, further in view of Kranz. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007