Appeal No. 96-3813
Application No. 08/248,937
In the Examiner's Answer (page 4), the examiner added a
new ground of rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph. Appellants filed an amendment to the claims with
the Reply Brief on August 12, 1996. In a letter dated March
18, 1999, the examiner entered the amendment and stated that
the amendment
overcomes the new ground of rejection. Accordingly, the
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph is not before
the Board as the examiner has withdrawn the rejection.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 17,
mailed June 13, 1996) and the Supplemental Examiner's Answer
(Paper No. 19, mailed October 10, 1996) for the examiner's
complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the
appellants' Brief (Paper No. 16, filed April 18, 1996) and
Reply Brief (Paper No. 18, filed August 12, 1996) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
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