Appeal No. 2004-1302
Application No. 09/789,757
The references applied by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Corey et al. (Corey) 3,107,783 Oct. 22, 1963
Dallmer 5,779,034 Jul. 14, 1998
Blanco 5,839,575 Nov. 24, 1998
Wynalda, Jr. (Wynalda) 5,960,949 Oct. 5, 1999
Gelardi et al. (Gelardi) 6,059,102 May 9, 2000
Cheung 6,227,362 May 8, 2001
The following rejections are before us for review:
(1) claims 9 and 15, rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph;
(2) claims 1, 3-6, 15, 18, 20, 21, 26, 29-32, 35, 36, 44,
45, 47-51, 55-58 and 62-64, rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Cheung;3
(3) claims 1-7, 15, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 34-37, 39 and
44-46, rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
Gelardi;
(4) claims 16, 19, 40 and 43, rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Cheung or Gelardi;
(5) claims 1-5, 12-21, 26, 27, 29, 30, 35, 36 and 45,
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Blanco in view of Wynalda;
3In the examiner’s answer (page 4), claims 33 and 34 appear
to have been inadvertently included in this rejection.
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