Appeal No. 2002-1766 Page 2
Application No. 09/018,790
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Jacobsen et al. (Jacobsen) 4,391,197 Jul. 5, 1983
Brown 4,471,683 Sep. 18, 1984
The rejection
Claims 20 to 30, 32, 33, 34 and 36-42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Jacobsen in view of Brown.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 11, mailed June 1, 1999) and the answer (Paper No. 22, mailed
April 18, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to
the brief (Paper No. 19, filed January 3, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No.23, filed June
19, 2000) 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. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
The examiner has rejected the pending claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We
initially note that we have evaluated this rejection on the basis of the following
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