Appeal No. 2004-1419
Application 09/733,041
Claims 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 24 through 32 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lund.
Claims 13 through 22 and 35 through 39 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lund in view of
Heeb.
Claims 1 through 39 additionally stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Burke.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejections,
we refer to the answer (Paper No. 15, mailed October 2, 2002) for
a full exposition of the examiner’s position, and to appellant’s
brief (Paper No. 14, filed August 15, 2002) and reply brief
(Paper No. 16, filed November 29, 2002) for the arguments
thereagainst.
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