Appeal No. 2002-0480
Application 09/224,649
appealed claims 1 through 9 and 11 through 14, as well as allowed
claims 19, 20, 23, 24, 26 and 27, appears in the appendix to the
appellant’s brief (Paper No. 24).
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Pipes 2,124,986 Jul. 26, 1938
Craver 2,162,912 Jun. 20, 1939
Turner et al. (Turner) 4,364,188 Dec. 21, 1982
Parker et al. (Parker) 4,817,304 Apr. 4, 1989
Misevich et al. (Misevich) 4,956,927 Sep. 18, 1990
Anderie et al. (Anderie) 4,970,807 Nov. 20, 1990
Bacchiocchi 5,086,574 Feb. 11, 1992
Frachey et al. (Frachey ‘060) 5,092,060 Mar. 3, 1992
Sasaki et al. (Sasaki) 5,331,750 Jul. 26, 1994
Frachey et al. (Frachey ‘896) 5,369,896 Dec. 6, 1994
Fitchmun et al. (Fitchmun) 5,390,430 Feb. 21, 1995
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Parker.
Claims 2 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Parker in view of Craver or Pipes.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Parker in view of Fitchmun.
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