Appeal No. 1999-2295
Application No. 08/418,797
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Walp 4,894,797 Jan. 16, 1990
Chao 5,278,828 Jan. 11, 1994
Koufopavlou et al. (Koufopavlou) 5,493,652 Feb. 20, 1996
(filed Apr. 29, 1994)
Claims 1-6, 9-14, and 17-22 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Koufopavlou in view of
Chao and Walp.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs1 and Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal,
the rejection advanced by the Examiner, the arguments in support
of the rejection and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by
the Examiner as support for the rejection. We have, likewise,
reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision,
1 The Appeal Brief was filed December 23, 1998. In response to the
Examiner’s Answer dated March 15, 1999, a Reply Brief was filed May 17, 1999,
which was acknowledged and entered by the Examiner without further comment as
indicated in the communication dated May 24, 1999.
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