Appeal No. 2000-1354 Page 2
Application No. 08/894,129
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a sheet metal work
center (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Morita 5,325,755 July 5,
1994
Claims 14 to 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Morita.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the first Office action (Paper
No. 6, mailed July 24, 1998) and the answer (Paper No. 18,
mailed October 25, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 17,
filed October 4, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 19, filed
December 21, 1999) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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