Appeal No. 97-2999 Page 4
Application No. 08/338,714
Claims 33 and 35 through 40 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Kujawski in view of
Wagenknecht.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the § 103 and §
112 rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 22, mailed March 17, 1997) for the examiner's
complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the
appellant's brief (Paper No. 21, filed December 23, 1996) and
reply brief (Paper No. 23, filed May 5, 1997) for the
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
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