Appeal No. 1999-0221
Application No. 08/766,847
Japanese Patent 61-266838 Nov. 26,
1986
Publication
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-3, 9-13, 22-25, 27-33 and 35 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gumkowski in
view of Feller.
Claims 26 and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Gumkowski in view of Feller and the
Japanese publication.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding them, we make reference to the Examiner’s
Answer (Paper No. 41) and to the Appellant’s Briefs (Paper
Nos. 38 and 42).
OPINION
We note that the appellant has not argued the merits of
any particular claim apart from the others in the Brief.
Therefore, the claims will stand or fall with representative
claim 1. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) and Section 1206 of the
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP).
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