Appeal No. 96-1183
Application 08/102,858
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the basic combination
considered further with Crain. Claim 5 stands rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the basic combination
considered further with Fitzgerald.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s
arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.
It is our view, after consideration of the record before
us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in
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