Appeal No. 95-0125
Application 07/818,162
answer (Paper No. 13), while the complete statement of
appellant’s argument can be found in the brief (Paper No. 12).
In the brief (page 3), appellant indicates that, as
to all of claims 1 through 10 and 23 through 28 on appeal,
they may be grouped together. Accordingly, we select claim 1
for review, and all remaining claims stand or fall therewith.
See 37 CFR 1.192(c)(7).4
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellant’s specification and claims, the applied
prior art, and the respective viewpoints of appellant and5
4We note that claim 1 is drafted in a form consistent
with that specified in 37 CFR § 1.75(e), wherein the claim
preamble sets forth a general description of all elements
which are conventional or known.
5In our evaluation of the applied teachings, we have
considered all of the disclosure of each teaching for what it
would have fairly taught one of ordinary skill in the art.
See In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965, 148 USPQ 507, 510 (CCPA
1966). Additionally, this panel of the board has taken into
account not only the specific teachings, but also the
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