Appeal No. 96-2297
Application 08/117,446
The following rejection is the sole rejection before us
for review.
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Hirsch in view of Sanborn.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the office
action dated October 27, 1994 and the main and supplemental
answers (Paper Nos. 5, 12 and 14), while the complete
statement of appellant's argument can be found in the main and
reply briefs (Paper Nos. 11 and 13). 2
In the main brief (page 7), appellant indicates that
claims 1 through 3 can be grouped together as one set. In
light of this statement, we select claim 1 for review, and
claims 2 and 3 shall stand or fall therewith. See 37 CFR §
1.192(c)(7).
2A "SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPEAL BRIEF" (Paper No. 16) added
omitted matters.
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