Appeal No. 2003-1945
Application No. 08/240,877
The appellants advance the following items as evidence of
non-obviousness:
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Affidavit of David M. Castiglione
dated and filed November 15, 1999 (part of Paper No.
33) (Castiglione I)
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Affidavit of David M. Castiglione
dated February 2, 2001 and filed February 12, 2001
(part of Paper No. 42) (Castiglione II)
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Affidavit of Brian S. McGinley dated
June 28, 2001 and filed July 9, 2001 (Paper No. 48)
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Declaration of John L. Bowers dated
and filed December 10, 2001 (part of Paper No. 50)
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Affidavit of Frank J. Fabin dated
and filed December 10, 2001 (part of Paper No. 50)
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Declaration of Robert Betts dated
December 7, 2001 and filed June 6, 2002 (part of Paper
No. 54)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 34 through 36, 38, 40 through 74 and 78 through 81
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Simpson in view of McKim.
Claim 37 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Simpson in view of McKim and Shindel.
Attention is directed to the main, supplemental and reply
briefs and to the answer for the respective positions of the
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