Appeal No. 2000-1557
Application 08/384,456
The examiner relies on the following references:
Gilhousen et al. (Gilhousen) 5,109,390 Apr. 28, 1992
Falconer et al. (Falconer) 5,159,608 Oct. 27, 1992
Blakeney, II et al. (Blakeney) 5,267,261 Nov. 30, 1993
Gudmundson 5,295,153 Mar. 15, 1994
The following rejections remain on appeal before us:
1. Claims 50 and 52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not
described in the specification in such a manner as to reasonably
convey to the artisan that the inventors, at the time this
application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
2. Claims 14, 15 and 52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Blakeney.
3. Claims 7-9 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Blakeney and
Falconer.
4. Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 10-13 and 50 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of
Blakeney.
5. Claims 18-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Blakeney and Gudmundson.
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