Appeal No. 2003-1873
Application 09/281,420
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Bishop et al. (Bishop) 4,958,284 Sept. 18, 1990
McMillen et al. (McMillen) 5,321,813 Jun. 14, 1994
Schoolcraft 5,729,751 Mar. 17, 1998
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1-3, 6-8, 10-15, 17-18, 24-25, 27-29, 32-34, 36-41,
43-44, and 50-51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious over the combination of Bishop and Schoolcraft.
Claims 19-21, 26, 45-47, and 52 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over the combination of Bishop
and Schoolcraft and McMillen.
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the
Appellants’ briefs, and to the Examiner’s Answer for the
respective details thereof.1
1 Appellants filed an appeal brief on December 16, 2002.
Appellants filed a reply brief on April 30, 2003. The Examiner
mailed out an Examiner’s Answer on February 26, 2003.
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