Appeal No. 2002-0209
Application 09/299,452
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ziemba 4,116,344 Sep. 26, 1978
Taylor 5,685,644 Nov. 11, 1997
Claims 1 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Taylor in view of Ziemba.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's explanation of the
above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the rejection, we make
reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 14, mailed August
13, 2001) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 13, filed June 19,
2001) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision on the obviousness issues raised in
this appeal, we have carefully considered appellant's
specification and claims, the applied references, and the
respective viewpoints advanced by appellant and the examiner. As
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