Appeal No. 1999-2720 Application No. 08/580,965 Claims 1-4 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tichy in view of Ambriola. Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tichy in view of Ambriola and further in view of Leblang. Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tichy in view of Ambriola and further in view of Allman. Claims 8-9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tichy in view of Ambriola and further in view of Allman and SunSoft. Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is made to the Brief1 and the Examiner's Answer for the respective details thereof. 1The Brief was received October 26, 1998, and the Examiner's Answer was mailed January 4, 1999. A Reply Brief was received March 8, 1999. A response by the Examiner to Appellant's Reply Brief was mailed May 11, 1999, and stated that the reply brief had been entered and considered but no further response by the Examiner was necessary. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007