Appeal No. 2001-1765
Application No. 09/159,972
reading of exemplary claims 1 and 2, respective copies of which
appear in the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 10).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Hamisch, Jr., et al 4,957,379 Sep. 18, 1990
(Hamisch)
Southwell et al 5,232,540 Aug. 3, 1993
(Southwell)
Goodwin et al 5,788,384 Aug. 4, 1998
(Goodwin)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1 through 5 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Goodwin in view of Southwell
and Hamisch.
The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper
No. 12), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can
be found in the brief (Paper No. 10).
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