Appeal No. 1998-2551 Page 4
Application No. 08/787,624
Claims 43, 44 and 48 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Hong in view of Altman and the
conventional art of loosely woven and knotted threads as may
be exemplified by Eschenbach.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 28,
mailed December 12, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief
(Paper No. 27, filed September 23, 1997) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
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