Appeal No. 1998-1800
Application No. 08/430,453
Claims 1-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers Olson alone with
respect to claims 1-3, 5, 6, 9, and 10, and adds Taylor to
Olson with respect to claims 4, 7, and 8.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answers for the 1
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, the arguments
in support of the rejection and the evidence of obviousness
relied upon by the Examiner as support for the rejection. We
have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in
reaching our decision, Appellants’ arguments set forth in the
Briefs along with the Examiner’s rationale in support of the
rejection and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the
Examiner’s Answer.
1 The Appeal Brief was filed May 5, 1997. In response to
the Examiner’s Answer dated October 28, 1997, a Reply Brief
was filed December 29, 1997, which was acknowledged and
entered by the Examiner without further comment in the
communication dated March 26, 1998.
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