Appeal No. 2003-1352
Application 09/282,865
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Dmitroff 2,685,812 Aug. 10, 1954
Grimm et al. (Grimm) 3,354,757 Nov. 28, 1967
Stolarczyk 4,361,412 Nov. 30, 1982
Claims 26, 45 and 48 through 50 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Dmitroff.
Claims 31 through 36, 38 and 41 through 44 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Dmitroff in
view of Grimm.
Claims 37 and 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Dmitroff in view of Grimm as applied
above, and further in view of Stolarczyk.
Claims 46 and 47 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Dmitroff in view of Stolarczyk.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full commentary with
regard to the above-noted rejections and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by appellant and the examiner regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No.
25, mailed January 27, 2003) for the reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 24, filed
November 12, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 26, filed April 1,
2003) for the arguments thereagainst.
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