Appeal No. 98-1350
Application No. 08/607,549
Claims 16 through 18, 21, 22, 25 and 28 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over LeVine in view of
Anthon.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the
above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding those rejections, we make
reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 15, mailed February
7, 1997) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 19, mailed
September 24, 1997) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 18, filed
July 25, 1997) for appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
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