Appeal No. 2006-0093
Application No. 10/295,326
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claim are:
Johnson 2,431,694 Dec. 2, 1947
McWethy 5,725,229 Mar. 10, 1998
McCoy et al. (McCoy) 6,010,142 Jan. 4, 2000
Claims 34 through 44, 56, 58 and 62 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Johnson in view
of McWethy.
Claims 45 through 55, 57 and 59 through 61 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Johnson in view
of McWethy and McCoy.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's commentary
with regard to the above-noted rejections and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by appellants and the examiner regarding
those rejections, we make reference to the answer (mailed April
7, 2005) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellants’ brief (filed December 23, 2004)
for the arguments thereagainst.
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