Appeal No. 96-3293
Application No. 08/261,645
examiner offers the basic combination of Blette in view of
Krug with respect to claims 1-4, 7, 10-12, 16-21, 25-27 and
37. Garrison is added to the basic combination with respect
to claim 8, Leibovich is added to the basic combination with
respect to claims 13-15, and Christensen is added to the basic
combination with respect to claim 5. Rejections of claims 3
and 7 under
35 U.S.C. § 112 set forth as new rejections in the answer
appear to have been overcome by the three amendments filed
after the examiner’s answer.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer 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
22, we will treat appealed claim 22 as standing or falling
with independent
claim 1.
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