Appeal No. 2001-1472
Application 08/772,878
Claims 22 through 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Brumbach in view of Manna, Wuchinich,
and Kühne.
Claims 22 through 29 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Manna in view of Wuchinich
and Kühne.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the
above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the rejections, we make
reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 18, mailed March 22,
2000) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 21, mailed October 11,
2000) for the reasoning in support of the rejections and to
appellant’s brief (Paper No. 20, filed August 11, 2000) and reply
brief (Paper No. 22, filed November 13, 2000) for the arguments
thereagainst.
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