Appeal No. 2004-0912 Application No. 09/942,061 The Examiner cited the following references to reject the claims: Tuttle 1,426,127 Aug. 15, 1922 Kress 1,957,462 May 08, 1934 Kilness 3,265,171 Aug. 09, 1966 Fosella 5,076,121 Dec. 31, 1991 Arnold et al. (Arnold) 5,178,047 Jan. 12, 1993 Chow 5,533,427 Jul. 09, 1996 McCann 5,957,009 Sep. 28, 1999 Chen 6,164,167 Dec. 26, 2000 Hu 6,282,991 Sep. 04, 2001 (filed Apr. 03, 2000) Hu 6,282,992 Sep. 04, 2001 (filed Apr. 03, 2000) Hu 6,453,779 Sep. 24, 2002 (filed Mar. 21, 2001) Hu 6,457,389 Oct. 01, 2002 (filed Aug. 06, 2001) Hu US 2002/0112573 (09/854,795) Aug. 22, 2002 (filed May 14, 2001) Hu US 2002/0166416 (09/888,810) Nov. 14, 2002 ( filed Jun. 25, 2001) - 3 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007