Appeal No. 97-4048
Application 08/371,934
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as obvious over Rummer.
The full text of the examiner's rejections and response
to the arguments presented by appellants appears in the
examiner’s answer (Paper No. 14, mailed January 7, 1997).
Rather than reiterate each of the points of argument
advocated by appellants, we make reference to the appeal brief
(Paper No. 13, filed October 29, 1996) for a complete
statement of appellants’ position.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter, we note that on page 3 of the
brief appellants have indicated that “[c]laim 18 stands or
falls separately from claims 19-22 which stand or fall
together.” Accordingly, in our discussions below we consider
that claims 20 through 22 will stand or fall with claim 19,
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