Appeal No. 2001-0401 Page 11
Application No. 09/019,451
In the reply brief (p. 2), the appellant stated that (1)
if claim 1 falls, then claims 5 to 7, 13, 15 and 16 should
also fall; (2) if claim 17 falls, then claims 18, 19 and 21
should also fall; and (3) if claim 25 falls, then claims 26
and 27 should also fall.
In accordance with the appellant's above-noted grouping
of claims, claims 5 to 7, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26 and 27
fall with claims 1, 17 and 25. Thus, it follows that the
decision of the examiner to reject claims 5 to 7, 13, 15, 16,
18, 19, 21, 26 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is also affirmed.
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