Appeal No. 1999-2809
Application No. 08/155,946
Rosling (Denmark)1 61,314 Sep. 13, 1943
Kennedy (Great Britain) 1,279,405 Jun. 28, 1972
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1, 3-12, 14-16, 18-21, 23-25, 89, 90, 92-95, 97 and
98 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Blodee and Rosling in further view of Wilkins.
Claims 55-58, 60-88, 99, 101-103, 105 and 106 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Blodee in
view of Kennedy and Rosling.
Claim 59 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Blodee, Kennedy and Rosling as applied to claim
55 above and further in view of Wilkins.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
statement with regard to the above-noted rejections and
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
1 With regard to the Denmark patent No. 61,314, we have
relied on the translation provided by appellants in Paper No. 21,
filed September 13, 1996.
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