Appeal No. 1999-1332
Application No. 08/591,857
The references applied by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Rogers 3,397,518 Aug. 20, 1968
Wasielewski et al. (Wasielewski) 4,227,953 Oct. 14, 1980
Allan et al. (Allan) 4,685,944 Aug. 11, 1987
Bub et al. (Bub) 790,181 Feb. 5, 1958
(published British Patent Application)
Withrington GB 2 103 106 A Feb. 16,
1983
(published United Kingdom Patent Application)
Lippold 1 EP 0 382 329 A1 Aug. 16, 1990
(published European Patent Application)
The following rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) are
before us for review:
(a) claim 1, unpatentable over Allan in view of
Wasielewski and Lippold;
(b) claims 2 and 3, unpatentable over Allan in view of
Wasielewski, Lippold, and Rogers;
(c) claims 4 and 6-10, unpatentable over Allan in view of
Wasielewski, Lippold, and Bub;
(d) claim 5, unpatentable over Allan in view of
1Our understanding of this German language patent document
is derived from a translation thereof prepared in the Patent
and Trademark Office. A copy of the translation is attached
to this decision.
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