Appeal No. 2002-1200 Page 3
Application No. 09/351,164
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Zweber 4,546,875 Oct. 15, 1985
Schölzke et al. (Schölzke) 196 524 49 Jul. 02, 19981
(German patent application)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Schölzke in view of Zweber.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 12) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection and to
the brief and reply brief (Paper Nos. 11 and 13) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. For the reasons
which follow, we cannot sustain the examiner’s rejection.
1 An English language translation of this reference, prepared by the Patent and Trademark Office,
is appended hereto.
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