Appeal No. 1999-0431
Application 08/541,135
Clemence et al. (Clemence) 4,419,322 Dec. 06, 1983
Guzay, Jr. (Guzay) 4,506,430 Mar. 26, 1985
Feitzelmayer 4,976,796 Dec. 11, 1990
Claims 1-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Guzay in view of
Clemence with respect to claims 1-11, and Feitzelmayer is
added with respect to claims 12-21 . 1
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s
arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.
1Although the “Issues” section of the examiner’s answer
has moved claim 14 from the second group of claims to the
first group of claims, the “Grounds of Rejection” section of
the answer rejects the claims as indicated in this decision.
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