Appeal No. 2001-2205
Application 09/228,987
Claims 1, 2, 3 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Sosebee.
Claims 1 through 5 and 15 through 17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Johnson.
Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Hubbard.
Claims 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Johnson.1
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
regarding those rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 8, mailed October 25, 2000), the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 16, mailed August 7, 2001) and the supplemental
1 The 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection of claim 15 set forth on
page 3 of the final rejection has been withdrawn (answer, page
2). In addition, the rejection of claim 2 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, was withdrawn by the examiner in the advisory
action mailed April 5, 2001 (Paper No. 13).
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