Appeal No. 98-0806
Application No. 08/693,588
Claims 6, 11, 13-16, 18-21, 23 and 24 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fritzberg
in view of Bellows and McMichael.
The examiner's rejections are explained on pages 3-5 of
the answer. The arguments of the appellant and examiner in
support of their respective positions may be found on pages 4-
14 of the brief and pages 6-8 of the answer.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter, we base our understanding of the
appealed subject matter upon the following interpretation of
the terminology appearing in the claims. In lines 9 and 11 of
claim 1, lines 2 and 4 of claim 2, line 7 of claim 7, line 3
of claim 12, lines 9 and 11 of claim 13, lines 2 and 4 of
claim 14, line 7 of claim 19 (both occurrences) and lines 2
and 3 of claim 24 we interpret "pipe" to be -- pipeline --.
On page 4 on the brief the appellant has stated that:
claims 1-4, 7, 8 and 12 stand or fall together as a first
group, claims 6 and 11 stand or fall together as a second
group, claims 13-16, 18-20, 23 and 24 stand or fall together
as a third group and claims 9 and 21 are separately
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