Appeal No. 2000-0427 Application No. 08/773,173 Claims 18, and 27-29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Dockery in view of the admitted prior art and Emmons. Claims 30-33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Dockery in view of the admitted prior art and Seymour. Claims 34 and 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Dockery in view of the admitted prior art and Ikezaki. Claim 40 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Dockery in view of the admitted prior art and Kohar. Claims 43-45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Dockery in view of the admitted prior art and Rumbolt. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant and the examiner, we make reference to the briefs1 and the answer for the respective details thereof. 1 A reply brief was filed as Paper No. 36 on July 9, 1999. The examiner noted the entry of the reply brief, see Paper No. 37. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007