Appeal No. 95-4918
Application No. 08/114,293
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the main and
supplemental answers (Paper No. 27 and 32), while the complete
statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the main and
reply briefs (Paper Nos. 26 and 31).3
In the main brief (page 5), appellants indicate that
claims 2 through 24 stand together. In light thereof, we
select claim 13 for review, and claims 2 through 12 and 14
through 24 shall stand or fall therewith; 37 CFR §
1.192(c)(7).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered
appellants’ specification and claim 13, the applied patents,4
3An earlier reply brief (Paper No. 28) was denied entry
by the examiner (Paper No. 30). A supplemental reply brief
(Paper No. 33) was also denied entry by the examiner (Paper
No. 34). Thus, these noted briefs are not before us.
4In our evaluation of the applied patents, we have
considered all of the disclosure thereof 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
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