Appeal No. 1998-2941 Page 9
Application No. 08/061,985
Reexamination Control No. 90/003,682
September 13, 1996) and the answer (mailed May 21, 1997) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed February 12, 1997) and
reply brief (filed July 21, 1997) for the appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, to the evidence
of nonobviousness submitted by the appellants and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
Rejections (1), (2) and (3)5
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 19 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
5These rejections concern method claims 1 to 19.
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