Appeal No. 98-3125 Application Nos. 08/294,730, 90/003,655, 90/003,826 and 90/004,552 April 29, 1996 (Paper No. 10), the final rejection mailed November 17, 1997 (Paper No. 25) and to the examiner's answer mailed June 9, 1998 (Paper No. 28) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 27, filed March 20, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 29, filed July 24, 1998) for appellants’ arguments thereagainst. OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007