Appeal No. 2000-1888
Application No. 08/885,984
Claims 1, 3, 5, 32 and 44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by McAteer.
Claims 32-36, 42-44 and 46-50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Lundgren.
Claims 1, 2, 4-17, 23-25 and 27-31 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lundgren and
McAteer.
Claims 18-22, 26, 37-41 and 45 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lundgren, McAteer
and Baumhauer.
Rather than reiterate the viewpoints of the Examiner and
Appellants, we refer to the answer (Paper No. 17, mailed May 10,
2000) for the Examiner’s complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, to the brief (Paper No. 16, filed December 20, 1999)
and the reply brief (Paper No. 18, filed May 18, 2000) for
Appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
At the outset, we note that Appellants indicate that claims
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