Appeal No. 1999-2380
Application No. 08/575,743 Page 3
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Jacobson 5,548,649 Aug. 20, 1996
(filed March 28, 1995)
Judson 5,572,643 Nov. 5, 1996
(filed October 19, 1995)
Futral 5,638,515 Jun. 10, 1997
(effectively filed September 3, 1992)
Claims 1-4, 6-8, 10-12, and 14-20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Jacobson in view of
Futral.
Claims 5, 9, and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Jacobson in view of Futral, further
view of Judson.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 17, mailed
March 22, 1999) and the final rejection1 (Paper No. 7, mailed
February 4, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No.
16, filed January 7, 1999) for appellants' arguments
thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by appellants
have been considered in this decision. Arguments which
1 The rejections of the claims set forth in the final rejection have
been incorporated into the examiner's answer (answer, page 3).
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