Appeal No. 96-4164
Application 08/467,295
appeal and a copy of that claim may be found in Appendix A of
appellant’s brief.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting claims 14, 22 and 23 is:
Van Allen et al. (Van Allen) 2,855,000 Oct. 7, 1958
Claims 14, 22 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Van Allen. According to the
examiner (answer, page 3), “[t]he method steps recited [in the
claims on appeal] are inherent to the apparatus of Van Allen
et al.”
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding the above § 102
rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 8, mailed September 4, 1996) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to appellant's brief
(Paper No. 7, filed August 2, 1996) for appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
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