Appeal No. 2002-1666
Application 09/394,289
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Black 3,185,396 May 25, 1965
Schowiak 4,005,825 Feb. 1, 1977
Breitsprecher 5,419,491 May 30, 1995
Warren 5,645,217 Jul. 8, 1997
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not
described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably
convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the appellants, at
the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed
invention.
Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Black.
Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Black in view of Breitsprecher.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Black in view of Schowiak.
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Black in view of Schowiak and Warren.
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