Appeal No. 2003-0125 Application No. 09/722,529 derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 26, respective copies of which appear in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 14). As evidence, the examiner has applied the documents listed below: Leverick 5,085,318 Feb. 4, 1992 Hansen 5,713,462 Feb. 3, 1998 Toussaint 6,189,689 Feb. 20, 2001 The following rejections are before us for review.1 Claim 26 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Hansen. Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hansen in view of Leverick. 1 A final rejection of claims 26 through 50 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, was withdrawn by the examiner (answer, page 5). 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007