Appeal No. 2002-1320
Application 09/027,776
CITED REFERENCES
As evidence of unpatentability, the Examiner relies on the following
references:
Lavanchy 637,469 Nov. 21, 1899
Hockman 728,106 May 12, 1903
Brown 1,454,036 May 08, 1923
Hampshire et al. (Hampshire) 3,990,491 Nov. 09, 1976
Osada et al. (Osada ‘810) 4,216,810 Aug. 12, 1980
Osada et al. (Osada ‘747) 4,346,747 Aug. 31, 1982
The Examiner rejected claims 21 and 24 to 29 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Hockman; claims 21 to 23, 25 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Lavanchy; claims 1 to 14, 16, 18, 20 to 22, 25 to 27 and 34 to 36 under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over the combination of Osada ‘810 and Hampshire;
claims 15, 19, 23 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over the combination of
Osada ‘810 and Hampshire further in view of Osada ‘747; claims 17, 24, 28, 29, 34
and 35 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over the combination of Osada ‘810 and
Hampshire further in view of Brown; and claim 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
obvious over the combination of Hockman and Brown. (Answer, pp. 4-12).
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