Ex parte LEATHERMAN et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 97-4206                                                          
          Application 08/662,263                                                      


               The examiner's rejections are explained on pages 3-6 of                
          the answer.  The arguments of the appellants and examiner in                
          support of their respective positions may be found on pages 5-              
          14 of the brief and pages 6-8 of the answer.                                


                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully reviewed the appellants' invention as                
          described in the specification, the appealed claims, the prior              
          art applied by the examiner and the respective positions                    
          advanced by the appellants in the brief and by the examiner in              
          the answer.  As a consequence of this review, we make the                   
          following determinations.                                                   





                                    Rejection (1)                                     
               Initially we note that, with respect to this rejection,                
          the appellant on page 5 of the brief state that "all of claims              
          1, 2, 7, 8, and 22 stand or fall together."  Accordingly,                   
          these claims will stand or fall with representative claim 1.                
          37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7).                                                       

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