Appeal No. 96-2894
Application 08/742,974
Claims 27-32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as
being directed to nonstatutory subject matter.
Claims 1-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which
appellants regard as their invention.
Claims 9 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Andersen.
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Andersen.
Claims 1-8, 10-12, and 14-18 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Andersen and
Abrahamson.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 8) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 13) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 12) (pages
referred to as "Br__") and the Reply Brief (Paper No. 14)2
The Reply Brief was initially denied entry by the2
letter entered August 17, 1994 (Paper No. 15), but has been
entered as noted in the letter entered February 22, 1996
(Paper No. 18).
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