Appeal No. 97-3290
Application 08/465,896
In the brief (page 2), appellant indicates, in effect,
that as to the claims in each of the rejections on appeal,
they stand or fall as a group. Accordingly, in our analysis,
infra, we shall focus exclusively upon selected independent
claim 21;
37 CFR 1.192(c)(7).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this
appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
appellant’s specification, drawing Figs. 1 and 2, claim 21,
and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the examiner. 2
As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations
which follow.
2We note the presence in the application file of an
“INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT” (Paper No. 3) and a
“SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT” (Paper No. 7),
each of which should be given appropriate review upon any
further prosecution before the examiner.
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