Appeal No. 1999-0084
Application No. 08/448,854
Mack 4,633,463
Dec.
30,
1986
Persson 5,487,174 Jan. 23,
1996
(filed Mar. 23,
1993)
Toriyama 1 1-273443 Nov. 1, 1989
(published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
Menich et al. (Menich) WO 93/19560 Sep. 30, 1993
(published World Intell. Prop. Org. Application)
Claims 1, 6, 9, 14, 17, 23, 29 through 31 and 34 through
36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Menich in view of Mack and Toriyama.
Claims 2 through 5, 7, 8, 10 through 13, 15, 16, 18, 19,
24, 25, 32, 33, 37 and 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Menich in view of Mack, Toriyama
and Persson.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 19) and the
answer (paper number 20) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
1A copy of the translation of this reference is attached.
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