Appeal No. 2000-1746
Application 08/791,098
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 14, mailed April 21, 1999) and the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 19, mailed December 1, 1999) for the reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No.
18, filed September 7, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 20,
filed January 27, 2000) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant’s specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determinations
which follow.
In rejecting independent claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
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