Appeal No. 2003-0021
Application No. 08/983,383
Claims 27 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Bruyere in view of Bollinger and
Morssinkhof, as applied to claims 26 and 28 above, further in
view of Buckles.
Claims 29 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Bruyere in view of Bollinger and
Morssinkhof, as applied to claims 28 and 31 above, further in
view of Horner.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the final
rejection and the answer (Paper Nos. 17 and 23), while the
complete statement of appellant’s argument can be found in the
main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 28 and 25).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issues raised
in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
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