Appeal No. 96-3744 Page 4
Application No. 08/173,764
Claims 12 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Trumbull '256 in view of Gwinnett.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 10, mailed January 22, 1996) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants'
brief (Paper No. 9, filed September 29, 1995) and reply brief
(Paper No. 11, filed March 27, 1996) for the appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
examiner. Upon evaluation of all the evidence before us, it
is our conclusion that the evidence adduced by the examiner is
insufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness
with respect to the appealed claims. Accordingly, we will not
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