Appeal No. 2005-0957
Application No. 09/745,386
THE PRIOR ART
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Carpentier et al. (Carpentier) 4,865,000 Sep. 12, 1989
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-4, 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) as being
unpatentable over Carpentier.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by appellants and the
examiner regarding the above noted rejection, we refer to the examiner’s answer
(mailed May 16, 2003) and appellants’ revised brief (filed February 21, 2003) and reply
brief (filed July 15, 2003) for a full exposition thereof.
OPINION
Having carefully reviewed the obviousness issue raised in this appeal in light of
the record before us, we make the determination that follows.
Regarding the examiner’s rejection of claim 1, we note that the examiner
correctly states that Carpentier discloses all the limitations of claim 1 except for each
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