Appeal No. 2003-1723
Application 09/849,705
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the claims on appeal are:
Saunders et al. (Saunders) 4,307,775 Dec. 29, 1981
Schwecke 5,054,293 Oct. 8, 1991
Claims 1 through 3, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Schwecke in view of Saunders.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted § 103 rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by appellants and the examiner
regarding the rejection, we make reference to the final rejection
(Paper No. 6, mailed October 4, 2002) and the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 9, mailed March 24, 2003) for the reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 8, filed
February 11, 2003) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
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