Appeal No. 97-3218
Application 08/541,947
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Rillo.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the first
office action and answer (Paper Nos. 2 and 12), while the
statement of appellant’s argument can be found in the main and
reply briefs (Paper Nos. 11 and 13 ).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the anticipation issue
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellant’s specification and claim 1, the applied
patent to Rillo, and the respective viewpoints of appellant
and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determination which follows.
We affirm the examiner’s rejection of claim 1 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b).
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