Appeal No. 2004-1753 Page 3
Application No. 09/524,086
Claims 17 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over either Gutierrez or Rice and Christensen as applied to claims 16 and 24 above,
and further in view of Borgman.
Claims 20, 21, 27 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Rice and Christensen as applied to claim 22 above, and further in
view of Chinn.
Claims 10 to 12, 14, 16 to 18, 22 to 25 and 30 to 33 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Severin in view of either Easton or Phillips.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed January 14, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed December 2, 2002) and reply brief (filed March 17,
2003) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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