Appeal No. 2005-2184 Παγε 2
Application No. 09/457,728
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Göken 5,584,051 Dec. 10, 1996
Mackintosh et al. (Mackintosh) 6,317,784 B1 Nov. 13, 2001
(filed Sep. 29, 1998)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 to 7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Göken in view of Mackintosh.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed December 23, 2003 for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed October 01, 2003) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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