Appeal No. 96-1396
Application 08/176,335
The examiner relies on the following references:
Muller 4,984,152 Jan. 08, 1991
Fleming et al. (Fleming) 5,140,677 Aug. 18, 1992
(Filed May 11,
1990)
Claims 1-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the invention. Claims 1-15 also stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness
the examiner offers Fleming and Muller taken together.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants 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, the arguments
in support of the rejections and the evidence of obviousness
relied upon by the examiner as support for the obviousness
rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’
arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in
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