Appeal No. 98-2123
Application No. 08/326,669
Rejection (2):
With respect to this rejection, the appellants on page 6
of the brief state that (a) claims 1 and 2 stand or fall
together as a first group, (b) claims 3, 8 and 9 stand or fall
together as a second group, (c) claims 10 and 11 stand or fall
together as a third group, (d) claims 13-15 and 18-22 stand or
fall together as a fourth group, (e) claims 29 and 30 stand or
fall together as a fifth group and (f) claims 4, 12, 17 and 32
each stands or falls alone. Accordingly, (a) claim 2 will
stand or fall with representative claim 1, (b) claims 8 and 9
will stand or fall with representative claim 3, (c) claim 11
will stand or fall with representative claim 10, (d) claims
14, 15 and 18-22 will stand or fall with representative claim
13, (e) claim 30 will stand or fall with representative claim
29 and (f) claims 4, 12, 17 and 32 will each stand or fall
alone. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7). Although not grouped by the
appellants, claims 27, 28 and 31 have not been separately
argued with any reasonable degree of specificity.
Accordingly, these claims will stand or fall with
representative claim 13. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) and In re
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