Appeal No. 1996-3324
Application No. 08/132,969
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answer for the 3
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the Examiner, the arguments
in support of the rejections and the evidence of anticipation
and obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the
rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellant’s 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 Answer.
At page 6 of the Brief, Appellant has indicated that, for
purposes of this appeal, claims 1-4 stand or fall together as
a single group and claims 5, 6, and 7 are to be considered
separately. We will consider the claims separately only to
the extent that separate arguments are of record in this
3The Appeal Brief was filed February 15, 1996. In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated March 15, 1996, a
Reply Brief was filed April 3, 1996 which was entered by the
Examiner without further comment on July 24, 1996.
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