Appeal No. 2003-0127
Application No. 09/157,388
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Bucci 2,668,117 Feb. 2, 1954
McDonald et al 5,256,432 Oct. 26, 1993
(McDonald)
The following rejection is the sole rejection before us for
review.
Claims 1 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Bucci in view of McDonald.
The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper
No. 18), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can
be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 17 and 20).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue raised
in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
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