Appeal No. 2004-0253
Application 09/933,821
the claims presently on appeal. Independent claim 21 is
representative of the subject matter on appeal, and a copy of
that claim may be found in the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the claims on appeal are:
Holcombe, Jr. (Holcombe) 3,964,181 Jun. 22, 1976
Landay et al. (Landay) 4,245,406 Jan. 20, 1981
Dassler 4,614,046 Sept. 30, 1986
Autry 4,624,062 Nov. 25, 1986
Claims 21 through 34, 36, 37, 39, 44 through 47, 49, 50, 53,
55 through 57, 59 and 60 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Landay in view of Dassler or, in the
alternative, as being unpatentable over Dassler in view of
Landay.
Claims 40 through 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over the references as applied above, and
further in view of Autry or Holcombe.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
appellant and the examiner regarding the above-noted rejections,
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