Appeal No. 2003-0084
Application No. 09/233,583
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Prather 3,149,539 Sep. 22, 1964
Isakson et al. (Isakson) 5,709,438 Jan. 20, 1998
Pueschel et al. (Pueschel) 5,727,852 Mar. 17, 1998
Sawada 5,954,406 Sep. 21, 1999
Claims 1 through 4, 9 through 13 and 17 through 31 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Pueschel in view of Sawada.
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Pueschel in view of Sawada as applied to
claim 1 above, and further in view of Prather.
Claims 14 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Pueschel in view of Sawada as applied
to claim 1 above, and further in view of Isakson.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's commentary regarding
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 25, mailed
February 26, 2002) for the reasoning in support of the
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