Appeal No. 1999-2492 Page 3
Application No. 08/801,676
Societe Europeenne De Propulsion (FR 2,303,843 ), French 1
Published Patent Application No. 2,303,843, Oct. 08, 1976.
Claims 1-5, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Schubert in view of FR
2,303,843, either of White or Iwasa, and alleged admitted
prior art. Claims 1-5, 14 and 15 also stand rejected under2
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Geyer in view of
Ruggeri, further in view of FR 2,303,843, either of White or
Iwasa, and the alleged admitted prior art. Claims 10-13 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over FR
2,303,843 in view of White or Iwasa, and the alleged admitted
prior art.
We refer to appellant’s brief and reply brief and to the
examiner’s answer for an exposition of the respective
1All references to FR 2,376,666 in this decision are to
the English language translation of record.
2While the source of the alleged prior art admission is
not repeated in the answer, the examiner refers to appellant’s
specification at page 4, line 15 through page 5, line 36, page
6, line 4 through page 7, line 5 and page 9, line 33 through
page 12, line 11 at page 3 of the final rejection mailed June
22, 1998 as representing admitted prior art.
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