Appeal No. 94-3053
Application 07/832,661
and claims 4, 5 and 16 are properly rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 over Hester and Zaks. Thus, we will sustain the
rejection of these claims. However, we will reverse the
rejections of claims 6 through 10, 27, 28 and 31 for the
reasons set forth infra.
At the outset, we note that Appellants have argued,
on pages 4-7 of their brief and in the reply brief, the
following groupings of claims:
(1) claims 2, 11-15, 17, 55;
(2) claims 20, 21, 60;
(3) claims 23-26;
(4) claims 4, 5, 16; and
(5) claims 6-8.
37 CFR § 1.192(c)(5), amended October 22, 1993, which was
controlling at the time of Appellants filing the brief,
states:
For each ground of rejection which
appellant contests and which applies to
more than one claim, it will be presumed
that the rejected claims stand or fall
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