Appeal No. 1997-0595 Page 20
Application No. 08/154,911
the examiner to reject claims 7 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Ottaviano '776 in view of Johnson and
Engel is reversed.
The obviousness rejection utilizing Ottaviano '716
We sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 4 and 12-17 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ottaviano '716.
In the final rejection (p. 8) and the answer (p. 6), the6
examiner set forth his rationale as to why claims 1 to 4 and
12-17 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Ottaviano '716.
The appellant has not specifically contested this
rejection based upon Ottaviano '716 in the brief, reply brief
or response to examiner's reply. Instead, the appellant
argued why these claims were patentable over Ottaviano '776.
6Paper No. 16, mailed February 28, 1996.
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