Appeal No. 2001-1306 Page 17
Application No. 08/100,019
the application to the examiner pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(a) to
consider the following issues and to take appropriate action.
The declarations under 37 CFR § 1.131 were determined by the
Examiner to have overcome the following references:
Spector 4,994,832 Feb. 19, 1991
(Spector ‘832) (filed Jan. 2, 1990)
Spector 5,111,224 May 5, 1992
(Spector ‘224) (filed Feb. 7, 1991)
Olson 5,142,311 Aug. 25, 1992
(filed Jul. 8, 1991)
Kirkendall 5,187,512 Feb. 16, 1993
(filed Oct. 21, 1990)
Wheeler 5,189,467 Feb. 23, 1993
(filed Jun. 27, 1991)
Upon return of the application, the examiner is expected to
review and reevaluate the effectiveness of the § 1.131
declarations in removing the Spector ‘224, Spector ‘832, wheeler,
Olson and Kirkendall references. In so doing, we suggest that
the examiner rely on the information as set forth in 37 CFR
§§ 1.131 and 1.601(n) for the details of the requirements under
these provisions.
DISCUSSION
The examiner rejected the original claims 1 through 7 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Wheeler and [or] Olson in a
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