Appeal No. 2002-0489
Application 08/831,731
Claims 44-46, 48, 49, and 58-60 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Philips and Rogers.
Claim 47 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
Philips and Rogers, further in view of MC44144.
Claims 50 and 61 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
over Philips and Rogers, further in view of Brown.
Claims 51 and 62 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
over Philips and Rogers, further in view of Romesburg.
Claims 52 and 63 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
over Philips, Rogers, and Romesburg, further in view of Brown.
Claim 16 stands additionally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) over Philips, Burrows, and Rogers.
Claim 30 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
Philips, Burrows, and Rogers, further in view of Brown.
The final rejection of claims 1-63 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, based on lack of written description is
withdrawn (examiner's answer, page 8).
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 20) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 25)
(pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's
rejection, and to the appeal brief (Paper No. 24) (pages referred
to as "Br__") for a statement of appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
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