Appeal No. 1999-1193
Application No. 08/429,504
§ 102, while claims 2 to 6, 9 to 12, 18 to 22 and 25 to 28
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Rather than repeat verbatim the arguments of Appellants
and the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the 2
answer for their respective positions.
OPINION
We have considered the rejections advanced by the
Examiner and the supporting arguments. We have, likewise,
reviewed the Appellants’ arguments set forth in the brief.
We affirm-in-part.
At the outset, we note that Appellants have elected
claims 2 to 6, 9 to 12, 18 to 22, and 25 to 28 as a first
group, and claims 7 to 8 and 23 to 24 as a second group.
Brief at page 6.
We consider the two groups seriatim.
2A reply brief was filed as paper no. 21 and was noted by
the Examiner without any further response, see paper no. 22.
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