Appeal No. 1999-2233 Application No. 08/794,691 The references relied on by the examiner are: Walls 5,163,148 Nov. 10, 1992 Schwendemann et al. 5,446,884 Aug. 29, 1995 (Schwendemann) Wood 5,515,502 May 7, 1996 Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Walls. Claims 2 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Walls in view of Wood. Claims 10 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Walls in view of Wood and Schwendemann. Reference is made to the final rejection (paper number 8), the brief (paper number 11) and the answer (paper number 12) for the respective positions of the appellants and the examiner. OPINION We have carefully considered the entire record before us, and we will sustain the 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claim 1 and the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 2 through 9. On the other hand, we will reverse the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007