Appeal No. 2001-0150
Application No. 09/250,617
The prior art
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Deaver 803,274 Oct. 31, 1905
Bisk 4,765,495 Aug. 23, 1988
The rejections
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicants
regard as the invention.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Deaver.
Claims 3 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Deaver in view of Bisk.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 12) for
the examiner’s complete reasoning in support of the rejections
and to the brief (Paper No. 11) for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
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