Appeal No. 98-2123
Application No. 08/326,669
(4) Claims 5-7 and 24-26 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Grover in view of Palti.
The rejections are explained on pages 3 and 4 of the
answer. The arguments of the appellants and examiner in
support of their respective positions may be found on pages 7-
36 of the brief, pages 1-5 of the reply brief and pages 4-6 of
the answer.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the appellants' invention as
described in the specification, the appealed claims, the prior
art applied by the examiner and the respective positions
advanced by the appellants in the brief and reply brief, and
by the examiner in the answer. As a consequence of this
review, we will reverse Rejections (3) and (4). With respect
to Rejection (1), we will sustain the rejection of claims 1-4,
8-11, 13-16, 18-22 and 27-30 and reverse the rejection of
claim 23. With respect to Rejection (2), we will sustain the
rejection of claims 1-3, 8, 9, 12-15, 18-22, 27, 28 and 31 and
reverse the rejection of claims 4, 10, 11, 17, 29, 30 and 32.
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