Appeal No. 2006-0541 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/087,613
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Steffens et al. (Steffens) 4,032,133 Jun. 28, 1977
Kempster et al. (Kempster) 5,873,809 Feb. 23, 1999
The rejection
Claims 14 to 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Kempster in view of Steffens.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the
examiner’s rejection (mailed February 26, 2004) and the examiner’ s answer (mailed
April 7, 2004 / September 13, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to the supplemental brief (filed March 15, 2004) and reply brief (filed
June 10, 2004) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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