Appeal No. 2005-2505
Application 09/740,277
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Mattews 4,481,384 Nov. 6, 1984
French-St. George et al. 6,012,030 Jan. 4, 2000
(French)
Jenkins 6,377,793 Apr. 23, 2002
(Filed Dec. 6, 2000)
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1-17, 27-32, 40-41, and 47-49 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over the combination of French
and Matthews.
Claims 18-26, 33-39, and 42-46 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over the combination of French,
Matthews, and Jenkins.
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the
Appellants’ briefs, and to the Examiner’s Answer for the
respective details thereof.1
1Appellants filed an appeal brief on April 28, 2004. The
Examiner mailed an Examiner’s Answer on June 16, 2004.
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