Appeal No. 95-4890
Application 08/035,002
DELIBERATIONS
Our deliberations in this matter have included evaluation
and review of the following materials:
(1) The instant specification, including all of the
claims on appeal;
(2) Applicants’ Brief before the Board;
(3) The Examiner’s Answer; and
(4) The Nichols and Yanagibashi references relied on
by the examiner.
On consideration of the record, including the above-
listed materials, we affirm the rejection of claims 2 through
9 and 12. We vacate the rejection of claim 11.
CLAIMS 2 THROUGH 9 AND 12
As stated in the Brief before the Board, page 3, section
V, “[f]or purposes of this Appeal, claims 12, and 2-9 are
grouped together”. Accordingly, for the purposes of this
appeal, we shall treat dependent claims 2-9 as standing or
falling together with claim 12.
Although the Examiner’s Answer is not a model of clarity,
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