Appeal No. 2002-1268 Application 09/282,672 THE REJECTIONS Claims 1, 11, 12 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over either Huff ‘491 or Huff ‘801. Claims 2 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the references applied against claim 1 and further in view of Issler. Claims 3 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the references applied against claims 2 and 12 and further in view of Rudy. Claims 4, 5, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the references applied against claims 1 and 12 and further in view of Bates. Claims 6, 9 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the references applied against claims 1 and 15 and further in view of any one of Tilles, Marc, Gross or Boys. Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as beingPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007