Appeal No. 1999-1753
Application No. 08/515,815
of exemplary claim 22, which is reproduced in the appendix to
appellants’ brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of the rejections are:
Dutton 3,796,331 Mar. 12, 1974
Stedman 3,954,194 May 4, 1976
Bay-Schmith 4,091,943 May 30, 1978
Richards 4,983,092 Jan. 8, 1991
Holtom 5,391,039 Feb. 21, 1995
The following rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are before
us for review:
(A) claims 7, 9, 22 and 23, unpatentable over Stedman in
view of Dutton and Holtom;
(B) claims 8 and 13, unpatentable over Stedman in view of
Dutton and Holtom, and further in view of Bay-Schmith; and
(C) claim 24, unpatentable over Stedman in view of Dutton
and Holtom, and further in view of Richards.
Reference is made to appellants’ brief and reply brief
(Paper Nos. 21 and 23) and to the second final rejection and
examiner’s answer (Paper Nos. 16 and 22) for the respective
positions of appellants and the examiner regarding the merits
of these rejections.
Opinion
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