Appeal No. 97-0642
Application 08/242,318
we summarize the grouping of claims as follows using
Appellant's issue letters from the Brief:
Issue B. In the rejection of claims 1-7 over Sklarew and
Kato, claims 1-6 stand or fall together and claim 7 stands or
falls separately.
Issue C. In the rejection of claims 8-20 over Sklarew,
Kato, and Capps, claim 10 stands or falls with independent
claim 1 because it has not been separately argued; claims 8,
9, and 16-18 stand or fall as one group; and claims 10-15, 19,
and 20 stand or fall together as another group.
Issue D. In the rejection of claims 21-23 over Capps and
Kato, claims 21-23 stand or fall together.
Issue E. In the rejection of claims 24-37, which we
treat as a rejection of claims 24-27, over Sklarew, Horodeck,
and Kato, claims 24-26 stand or fall together and claim 27
stands or falls separately.
[Issue F.] In the rejection of claims 28-37 over Sklarew,
Horodeck, Kato, and Capps, claim 30 stands or falls with
independent claim 24 because it has not been separately
argued; claims 28 and 29 stand or fall as one group; and
claims 31-37 stand or fall together as another group.
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