Ex parte HAIDER et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 96-1641                                                          
          Application No. 08/225,036                                                  


               Claims 1 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)                
          as anticipated by Horacek.                                                  
               Claims 2 to 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as              
          unpatentable over Horacek.                                                  


                                       OPINION                                        


                                 The Watts Reference                                  
               Initially, we note that the claims of this rejection                   
          stand or fall together.  See appellants’ Brief, p. 3, section               
          VII A.  Accordingly, we will limit our discussion to one                    
          claim, specifically, claim 1.                                               
               We have carefully considered all of the arguments                      
          advanced by appellants and the examiner.  We will sustain the               
          rejection of claims 1-12 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                        
          anticipated by Watts for the reasons of record set forth by                 
          the examiner in the Answer and Supplemental Examiner’s Answer,              
          papers numbered 11 and 13, dated 09/06/95 and 02/02/96                      
          respectively.  Our remarks are added for emphasis.                          
               Appellants have argued in their Brief, paper no. 10, page              
          3, lines 24 and 25, that the claimed polyphenyl polymethylene               
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