Appeal No. 97-2982 Page 4
Application No. 08/219,554
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as obvious over Fischer in view of ANSI. (Examiner’s Answer
at 3.) Rather than repeat the arguments of the appellants or
examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the appeal and reply
briefs and the examiner’s answers for the respective details
thereof.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we considered
the subject matter on appeal and the rejection and evidence
advanced by the examiner. We also considered the appellants’
and examiner’s arguments. After considering the record before
us, it is our view that the evidence and level of skill in the
art would not have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the
art the invention of claims 1 through 5. Accordingly, we
reverse.
We begin our consideration of the obviousness of the
claims by recalling that in rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. §
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