Appeal No. 1996-3525 Page 4
Application No. 08/089,595
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Morris '374 in view
of Morris '163.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 26, mailed February 7, 1996) and the supplemental
examiner's answer (Paper No. 28, mailed May 14, 1996) for the
examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections,
and to the appellants' brief (Paper No. 25, filed December 13,
1995) and reply brief (Paper No. 27, filed April 8, 1996) for
the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Initially we note that the drawing objection relates to a
petitionable matter and not to an appealable matter. See
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) §§ 1002 and 1201.
Accordingly, we will not review the issue raised by the
appellants on pages 1-2 of the reply brief.
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