Appeal No. 2001-1504
Application 08/618,263
Claim 16 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Lance in view of Emmett.
Claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Lance in view of Emmett and
Warheit.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 22 and 25) and to the examiner’s final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 19 and 23) for the respective
positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the
merits of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
I. Grouping of claims
On page 6 in the main brief, the appellant states that
“appealed claims 16, 19 and 20 can be grouped into a single
Group ‘A’ with independent claim 16 representative of the
Group.” In accordance with this grouping, and for purposes of
this appeal, claims 19 and 20 shall stand or fall with
representative claim 16.
II. The merits
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