Appeal No. 2000-1669 Page 3
Application No. 08/433,328
(35 U.S.C. § 102(e) date, Feb. 16,
1993)
Blower et al. (Blower) WO 91/00117 Jan. 10, 1991
(published international
application)
THE REJECTION
Claims 16 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Blower, in view of Kraemer and
Calvert.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the rejection (Paper No. 14,
mailed June 4, 1998), the final rejection (Paper No. 18,
mailed December 3, 1998) and answer (Paper No. 22, mailed May
13, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of
the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 21, filed April 12,
1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 24, filed June 24, 1999) for
the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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