Appeal No. 1999-2783
Application No. 08/654,034
Bromley 3,540,415 Nov. 17,
1970
Budge et al. (Budge) 3,638,615 Feb. 1,
1972
Hill 4,876,817 Oct.
31, 1989
Fussell 5,315,779 May
31, 1994
Claims 1 through 7, 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fussell in view of
Budge and Hill.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Fussell, Budge and Hill as applied to claim
1 above, and further in view of Bromley.
Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Fussell in view of Hill.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
regarding the rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 13, mailed February 17, 1999) for the
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