Appeal No. 2002-1916
Application 09/332,772
Claims 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Donadio in view of Loeffler
or Osborn.
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Donadio in view of Loeffler or Osborn as
applied above, and further in view of Fuqua.
Claims 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Donadio.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full commentary
concerning the above-noted rejections and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding
those rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 18, mailed April 9, 2002) for the examiner's reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper
No. 17, filed January 29, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 21,
filed June 4, 2002) for the arguments thereagainst.
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