Ex parte WEISS - Page 4




                 Appeal No. 1997-1117                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/300,703                                                                                                             


                 unpatentable over the combination of Weiss, Harder, Elliot,                                                                            
                 Fumanelli, and Warren and further in view of Mauer.                                                                                    









                          Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the                                                                      
                 Examiner, reference is made to the Brief  and Answer for the            2                                                              
                 respective details thereof.                                                                                                            
                                                                    OPINION                                                                             
                 We have carefully considered the subject matter on                                                                                     
                 appeal, the rejections advanced by the Examiner and the                                                                                
                 evidence of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support                                                                         
                 for the rejections.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken                                                                             
                 into consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellant’s                                                                              
                 arguments set forth in the Brief along with the Examiner’s                                                                             



                          2The original non-compliant Appeal Brief was filed July                                                                       
                 17, 1996 and was corrected by a Supplemental Appeal Brief                                                                              
                 filed May 11, 1999.  We will refer to the original Appeal                                                                              
                 Brief as simply the Brief.                                                                                                             
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