Appeal No. 1999-0360
Application No. 08/810,591
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Buchan et al. (Buchan) 3,806,897 Apr. 23,
1974
Azusawa et al. (Azusawa) 4,952,034 Aug. 28,
1990
Grinberg et al. (Grinberg) 5,151,814 Sep. 29,
1992
Claims 33, 2, 3 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Grinberg.
Claims 37-39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Grinberg.
Claims 4, 5, 8, 14-19, 23-27, 34 and 35 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Grinberg in view of Buchan.
Claims 6, 7, 10, 12, 20, 21, 28 and 29 are rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Grinberg in
view of Buchan and Azusawa.1
The respective positions of the examiner and the
appellants with regard to the propriety of these
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