Appeal No. 2002-1658
Application No. 08/922,339
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
McCarty 5,666,411 Sep. 09, 1997
(filed Jan. 13, 1994)
Erickson 5,765,152 June 09, 1998
(filed Oct. 13, 1995)
Wasilewski et al. (Wasilewski) 5,870,474 Feb. 09, 1999
(filed Dec. 29, 1995)
Allen 5,909,638 June 01, 1999
(filed Aug. 06, 1996)
Steinberg et al. (Steinberg) 6,000,030 Dec. 07, 1999
(filed June 20, 1996)
Claims 4 through 11, 13, 15 through 22, 25, 27, 29, 31, and
32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Steinberg in view of Wasilewski, McCarty, and Allen.
Claims 5, 6, 16 through 18, and 25 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Steinberg in view of
Wasilewski and Erickson.
Claims 8, 9, 20, 21, 29, and 31 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Steinberg in view of
Wasilewski.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 23,
mailed December 20, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper
No. 22, filed October 26, 2001) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 24,
filed February 20, 2002) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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