Appeal No. 2001-0106
Application 08/855,811
Rejection (I), stating that Claims 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as unpatentable over Bruder in view of Thomson further in view of Hahn, is
affirmed.
Rejection (J), newly applied, states that Claims 1, 3, 6, 7 and 8 are rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of U.S. Patent
4,569,877 to Tollefson and U.S. Patent 4,568,602 to Stow individually.
Rejection (K), newly applied, states that Claims 5, and 10 are rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(b) as obvious over Tollefson and Shaw, each individually in view of
Thomson.
Time Period for Response
This opinion contains a new ground of rejection pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.196(b).
A decision which includes a new ground of rejection shall not be considered final for
purposes of judicial review.
The patent owner, within TWO MONTHS of the date of this decision, must
exercise one of the following two options with respect to the new ground of rejection to
avoid termination of proceedings as to the rejected claims:
(1) Submit an appropriate amendment to the claims so rejected or a showing of
facts relating to the claims so rejected, or both, and have the matter
reconsidered by the examiner, in which event the application will be
remanded to the examiner
(2) Request that the application be reheard on the same record.
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