Appeal No. 96-3618
Application 08/004,598
THE REJECTIONS
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 11) (pages
referred to as "EA__"), the [First] Supplemental Examiner's
Answer (Paper No. 15) (pages referred to as "SEA__"), the
[Second] Supplemental Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 17) (pages
referred to as "2dSEA"), and the [Third] Supplemental
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 20) (pages referred to as
"3dSEA__") for a statement of the Examiner's rejections. We
refer to the Reply Brief (Paper No. 12) (pages referred to as
"RBr__"), the Second Reply Brief (Paper No. 16) (pages
referred to as "2dRBr__"), the Third Reply Brief (Paper
No. 19) (pages referred to as "3dRBr__"), and the Fourth Reply
Brief (Paper No. 21) (pages referred to as "4thRBr__") for a
statement of Appellant's arguments thereagainst. Since the
Examiner entered all new grounds of rejection in the
Examiner's Answer, it is not necessary to refer to the Final
Rejection (Paper No. 8) or the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 10).
Because of the new grounds of rejection added at various
points in the Examiner's Answer, [First] Supplemental
Examiner's Answers, and [Second] Supplemental Examiner's
Answer, we identify the first time the rejection was made in
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