Appeal No. 2004-1235
Application No. 09/845,643
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
Claims 1, 6, 13 and 17 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of these claims is appended to this
decision.
PRIOR ART REFERENCES
The examiner relies on the following prior art references:
Buckman 4,386,774 Jun. 07, 1983
Kennedy 5,393,052 Feb. 28, 1995
Giglio 5,795,248 Aug. 18, 1998
REJECTION
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1, 3, 6, 7, 13 and 16 through 18 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103, as unpatentable over the disclosure of Giglio;
(2) Claims 4, 5, 9, 10 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Giglio and
Kennedy; and
(3) Claim 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the
combined disclosures of Giglio and Buckman.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the claims, specification and
applied prior art, including all of the arguments and evidence
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