Appeal No. 97-0124
Application No. 08/273,672
5, 7, and 10 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Guzowski.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs2 and Answer for the
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.
Appellant’s grouping of claims at pages 3 and 4 of the Brief
is inconsistent with respect to the rejections and claim
dependencies as noted by the Examiner at page 2 of the Answer.
Accordingly, we will consider the claims separately only to the
2 The Appeal Brief was filed May 21, 1996. In response to
the Examiner’s Answer dated July 23, 1996, a Reply Brief was
filed September 23, 1996 which was acknowledged and entered by
the Examiner without further comment on October 9, 1996.
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