Appeal No. 2004-0470
Application No. 09/673,771
Elliott et al. (Elliott) 3,490,638 Jan. 20, 1970
Gablin et al. (Gablin) 4,100,860 Jul. 18, 1978
Ball 4,562,857 Jan. 7, 1986
Augur 4,811,858 Mar. 14, 1989
Burdick 5,695,090 Dec. 9, 1997
Schneider 6,119,861 Sep. 19, 2000
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3, 6 through 8, 10, 14, 15 and 19 through
21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Ball in view of Elliott.
Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Ball in view of Elliott and Bastone.
Claims 9, 16 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Ball in view of Elliott and Schneider.
Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Ball in view of Elliott and Augur.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Ball in view of Elliott and Burdick.
Claim 18 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Ball in view of Elliott and Gablin.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 14 and 16) and to the final rejection and answer (Paper Nos.
11 and 15) for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
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