Appeal No. 2000-1032
Application No. 08/795,878
The prior art set forth below is relied upon by the
examiner
as evidence of obviousness:
Sullivan, Jr. (Sullivan) 2,031,987 Feb. 25,
1936
St. Pierre 3,690,808 Sep. 12,
1972
Okane et al. (Okane ‘084) 4,388,084 Jun. 14,
1983
Espedal 4,527,997 Jul. 9,
1985
Okane et al. (Okane ‘551) 4,565,551 Jan. 21,
1986
Obkircher 4,681,599 Jul. 21,
1987
Miller et al. (Miller) 5,435,814 Jul. 25,
1995
Reid 5,069,715 Dec. 3,
1991
Herforth GB 2 189 504 A Oct. 28,
1987
(published Great Britian Patent Application)
The admitted prior art described in the preamble of the Jepson
claim on appeal.
Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the admitted prior art taken with Miller,
the British reference, Obkircher, Okane ‘084, Okane ‘551,
St. Pierre, Sullivan, Reid and Espedal. In the paragraph
bridging pages 4 and 5 of the answer, the examiner describes
his position as follows:
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