Joint Appendix (Part 1)

Claims 4-7, 12-17, 19 and 20 would be allowable if rewritten to overcomethe rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, set forth in this Officeaction and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any interveningclaims. The cited prior art does not disclose or reasonably suggest the claimlimitation of having a manifold weighing more than the turret to allow smokereach the user by maintaining communication between a chamber, port and borestem, whereas the closes prior art Hurst and Locke respectively use a spring andpin to maintain said communication.Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications fromthe examiner should be directed to Carlos Lopez whose telephone number is(703) 605-1174. The examiner can normally be reached on Mon.- - Fri. 8am-5pm(EST).If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, theexaminer's supervisor, Stanley Silverman can be reached on (703) 308-3837.The fax phone numbers for the organization where this application or proceedingis assigned are (703) 305-7718 for regular communications and (703) 305-3599for After Final communications.Any inquiry of a general nature or relating to the status of this applicationor proceeding should be directed to the receptionist whose telephone number is(703) 308- 0651.~~PRIMARY PRIMAR.VEXAMINER17)- ART li~IT-at-//3-ART li~IT -at-jJJJPLAINTIFF 000044-A160-