Appeal No. 1999-0400 Application No. 08/316,938 Edwards et al. (Edwards) 0,490,649 Jun. 17, 1992 European Patent Application THE REJECTIONS Claims 1, 7, 8 and 31/1 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Edwards in view of Szczesny, Edmonds and Bremer. Claims 2, 3, 5, 6 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Edwards in view of Szczesny, Edmonds, Bremer and Gibson. Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Edwards in view of Szczesny, Edmonds, Bremer, Gibson, Moriya and Watson. Claims 1, 7, 8, 12, 14/1 and 31/1 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Sipos in view of Szczesny, Edmonds and Bremer. Claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 14/2 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Sipos in view of Szczesny, Edmonds, Bremer and Gibson. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007