Appeal No. 95-1515
Application 08/027,656
Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Vitou, Black, Mumpower, Wyller,
Ramsdell, Papritz, Sayanagi and Murphy.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant or the
Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the details thereof.
OPINION
After a careful review of the evidence before us, we
agree with the Examiner that claims 1 through 4, 6 and 7 are
properly rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Thus, we will
sustain the rejection of these claims but we will reverse the
rejection of the remaining claims on appeal for the reasons
set forth infra.
At the outset, we note that Appellant has indicated on
page 3 of the brief the groupings of the claims. In
particular, Appellants state that claims 1 through 4 and 7 are
grouped together. In addition, on page 9 of the brief,
Appellant argues claims 1 through 4 and 7 as one group. 37
CFR § 1.192(c)(5) amended October 22, 1993 states:
For each ground of rejection which
appellant contests and which applies to
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