Appeal No. 2004-0327
Application No. 09/689,194
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Bernardin et al. (Bernardin) 3,830,237 Aug. 20, 1974
Fischel-Ghodsian 5,071,704 Dec. 10, 1991
Hasse 5,591,146 Jan. 7, 1997
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Hasse.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Hasse in view of Fischel-Ghodsian.
Claims 5, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Hasse in view of Bernardin.
Claims 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Hasse in view of Bernardin and Fischel-
Ghodsian.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 11 and 13) and to the final rejection and answer (Paper Nos.
5 and 12) for the respective positions of the appellant and
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.1
1 In the final rejection, claims 1 through 4 additionally
stood rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. The
examiner has since withdrawn this rejection (see the advisory
action dated November 29, 2002, Paper No. 7).
3
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