Appeal No. 2002-0982
Application No. 09/359,389
As evidence of anticipation and obviousness, the examiner
has applied the document specified below:
Sullivan 4,948,108 Aug. 14, 1990
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 1 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Sullivan.
Claims 6 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Sullivan.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper
No. 12), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can
be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 11 and 13).
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