Appeal No. 1997-0262
Application 08/286,795
Claims 6, 7, 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Rogers in view of MacFadden.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 10, mailed September 21, 1995) and the
examiner's answer (Paper No. 17, mailed July 3, 1996) for the
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants’
brief (Paper No. 16, filed February 13, 1996) and reply brief
(Paper No. 19, filed August 12, 1996) for the arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have
given careful consideration to appellants’ specification and
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