Appeal No. 95-2312
Application No. 07/897,870
Hoffman 4,525,264 Jun. 25,
1985
PCT Application (Dickey) WO 92/02659 Feb. 20,
1992
All of the claims on appeal stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hoffman in view of Dickey.
We refer to the Brief and Reply Brief and to the Answer
for a complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed
by the appellant and the examiner concerning the above noted
rejection.
As a preliminary matter, we note that, after expressing
differing viewpoints in the Brief and Answer concerning claim
groupings, the appellant has stated on page 11 of the Reply
Brief that dependent claims 6, 7 and 8 are grouped and argued
separately, and the examiner has not contested this statement
in his Supplemental Answer. Accordingly, we will separately
consider these dependent claims in our disposition of this
appeal.
OPINION
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