Appeal No. 2005-0580
Application No. 09/732,871
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Hochstrasser et al. 3,508,548 Apr. 28, 1970
(Hochstrasser)
Gravdahl 3,545,441 Dec. 08, 1970
Tunc 3,800,797 Apr. 02, 1974
Karami 4,027,672 Jun. 07, 1977
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Gravdahl and, in the alternative, under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Gravdahl.
Claims 8 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Gravdahl in view of Tunc.
Claims 1, 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Gravdahl in view of Karami and
Hochstrasser.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (filed
March 22, 2004 and September 09, 2004) and the answer (mailed
July 12, 2004) for the respective positions of the appellant and
the examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
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