Appeal No. 1999-1789
Application No. 08/920,652
Claims 15-21 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Levinson.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants
and the Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and1
Answer for the respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, 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.
It is our view, after consideration of the record
before us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of
skill in the particular art would not have suggested to
one
1The original Appeal Brief was filed June 19, 1998 (Paper No. 21). In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated July 23, 1998 (Paper No. 22), a
Reply Brief was filed August 7, 1998 (Paper No. 23) which was
acknowledged and entered by the Examiner without further comment as
indicated in the communication dated October 6, 1998 (Paper No. 27). A
revised Appeal Brief was filed April 23, 2001 (Paper No. 31) in response
to a requirement by the Examiner mailed April 3, 2001 (Paper No. 30).
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