Appeal No. 2002-1808 Page 2
Application No. 09/028,059
THE PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Sawluk 3,898,772 Aug. 12, 1975
Miller 4,457,113 Jul. 03, 1984
Corcoran, Jr. et al. (Corcoran) 5,313,742 May 24, 1994
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 and 3 to 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Corcoran in view of Miller and Sawluk.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 21, mailed June 11, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 20, filed April 4, 2001) and reply brief
(Paper No. 23, filed August 10, 2001) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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