Ex Parte Love et al - Page 2



                    Appeal No. 2004-1078                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/765,121                                                                                                                            

                    1 on appeal appears in the Appendix to appellants' brief (Paper                                                                                       
                    No. 10).                                                                                                                                              

                    The prior art references of record relied upon by the                                                                                                 
                    examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                                                                                                        
                    White, Jr., et al.                               3,853,017                                         Dec. 10, 1974                                      
                    (White)                                                                                                                                               
                    Wolfe                                            4,022,070                                         May  10, 1977                                      
                    Benedict et al.                                  6,066,188                                         May  23, 2000                                      
                    (Benedict)                                                                                                                                            
                    Claims 1, 2, 5 through 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                                                                        
                    § 102(a) as being anticipated by Benedict.                                                                                                            

                    Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                                                                                             
                    being unpatentable over Benedict in view of White.                                                                                                    

                    Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being                                                                                             
                    unpatentable over Benedict in view of Wolfe.                                                                                                          

                    Claim 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being                                                                                             
                    unpatentable over Benedict.                                                                                                                           



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