Appeal No. 96-4012
Application No. 08/197,908
The rejections of the appealed claims are set forth by
the Examiner as follows:
1. Claims 9-13 and 22-26 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Galand.
2. Claims 1-26 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hluchyj in view of Galand.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Answer for the 2
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 Brief along with the Examiner’s rationale in
2Appellant filed a Supplemental Appeal Brief (February
19, 1999, paper no. 15) to correct the original non-compliant
Appeal Brief filed on May 10, 1996 (paper no. 12). We will
refer to the arguments in the original Appeal Brief as simply
the Brief.
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