Appeal No. 2004-1897
Application No. 09/455,664
As evidence of anticipation and obviousness, the examiner
has applied the documents listed below:
Martindale 866,796 Sep. 24, 1907
O'Flynn et al. 6,383,381 May 7, 2002
(O'Flynn) (filed Oct. 20, 1999)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 15, 2 through 4, 6, and 9 through 11 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by O'Flynn.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over O'Flynn in view of Martindale.
The full text of the examiner's rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the final
rejection mailed March 31, 2003 and the answer mailed March 4,
2004, while the complete statement of appellants' argument can be
found in the main brief filed December 12, 2003 and the reply
brief filed April 14, 2004.
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