Appeal No. 1999-0864 Page 4
Application No. 08/757,550
appellant or examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the
briefs and answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
In deciding this appeal, we considered the subject matter
on appeal and the rejections made by the examiner.
Furthermore, we duly considered the arguments and evidence of
the appellant and examiner. After considering the record, we
are persuaded that the examiner erred in rejecting claims 1,
3-6, and 12-35. Accordingly, we reverse. Our opinion
addresses the following rejections:
• anticipation rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 15-17, 19-
25, 28-31, and 35
• obviousness rejections of claims 5, 6, 12-14, 18,
26, 27, and 32-34.
We start with the anticipation rejection.
I. Anticipation Rejection of Claims 1, 3, 4, 15-17,
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