Appeal No. 1995-4675
Application No. 07/875,452
over Löfgren in view of Gibbons or alternatively Gibbons in
view of Löfgren.
According to the appellants (e.g., see pages 4 and 5 of
the Brief and pages 1 through 3 of the Reply Brief), the
following claims stand or fall separately: claim 1; claims 2,
15 and 16; claim 3; claim 6; claim 7; claim 9; claims 10-13;
and claims 17 and 18; whereas claims 4, 5, 8 and 14 stand or
fall together with the claims from which they depend.
We refer to the Brief and Reply Brief and to the Answer
and Supplemental Answer for a complete exposition of the
opposing viewpoints expressed by the appellants and the
examiner concerning the above noted rejections.
OPINION
For the reasons which follow, we will sustain each of the
rejections which are based upon the Tanner reference, but we
will not sustain any of the rejections which include the
Löfgren reference.
The § 102 as well as the § 103 rejections which include
the Löfgren reference are all premised upon the examiner’s
position that “Appellants’ instant claims are broad enough to
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