Appeal No. 1998-1562 Page 3
Application No. 08/611,416
Claims 1, 2, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Johannsson.
Claims 2 to 6 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Eichenberger in view of Johannsson.
Claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Eichenberger in view of Smith.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 29, mailed June 23, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants'
brief (Paper No. 28, filed March 5, 1997) and reply brief
(Paper No. 30 1/2, filed August 26, 1997) for the appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
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