Appeal No. 1996-1385
Application No. 08/006,139
These claims were not subject to any other rejection by the
examiner and, therefore, are no longer part of this appeal.
Claims 28-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness the examiner
offers Straayer in view of Edwards with respect to claims 28,
30 and 31, and adds Moore with respect to claim 29.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answers for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’
arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answers.
It is our view, after consideration of the record
before us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of
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