Appeal No. 97-4082
Application 08/365,849
to the argument presented by appellant appears in the main
answer and SUPPLEMENTAL EXAMINER’S ANSWER mailed August 28,
1998 (Paper Nos. 13 and 19), while the complete statement of
appellant’s argument can be found in the main brief, AMENDED
APPEAL BRIEF, and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 12, 14, 18 and 20).
On pages 3 and 4 of the AMENDED APPEAL BRIEF (hereafter,
“brief”), it is indicated that claims 1, 4, 7, 13, 17, 18, 23
through 25, and 28 through 35 stand or fall together (claims
1, 13, and 18 are the independent claims in the application),
that claim 36 stands of falls alone, and that claims 5, 6, 12,
15, 16, 21, 22, 26, and 27 stand or fall together. In light
of 37 CFR 1.192(c)(7), we select claims 1, 36, and 5 from the
specified groupings for review on appeal, with the remaining
claims of the respective groups standing of falling therewith.
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issues
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellant’s specification and claims, the applied
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