Appeal No. 2002-2272
Application 09/375,712
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
appealed rejections are:
Cronin 3,072,025 Jan. 8, 1963
Rogers et al. (Rogers) 3,554,291 Jan. 12, 1971
Foertsch 4,900,185 Feb. 13, 1990
Rossburger 5,395,182 Mar. 7, 1995
Hollon et al. (Hollon) 5,507,593 Apr. 16, 1996
Bergman 6,089,785 Jul. 18, 2000
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Rossburger.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
obvious over Rossburger.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
obvious over Rossburger in view of Cronin.
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
obvious over Rossburger in view of Foertsch.
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being obvious over Rossburger in view of Rogers.
Claims 9 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being obvious over Bergman in view of Hollon.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
obvious over Bergman in view of Hollon and Cronin.
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