Appeal No. 97-2764
Application No. 08/354,018
Claims 22, 27, 36, and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Krieg.
Claims 23 through 25, 28 through 30, 33, and 35 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Krieg in view of Zimmerman.
Claims 32 and 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Krieg in view of Zimmerman and Mori.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 34,
mailed October 02, 1996) and the supplemental Examiner's
Answer (Paper No. 37, mailed February 12, 1997) for the
examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections,
and to the appellants' Brief (Paper No. 33, filed August 06,
1996) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 35, filed December 02, 1996)
for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter, we note that appellants indicate
on pages 5-6 of the Brief that with respect to the obviousness
rejections the claims at bar are not to be treated as standing
or falling together. The claims are grouped as follows: 1)
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