Appeal No. 98-2420
Application No. 08/573,854
The text of the examiner's rejection with regard to the
appealed claims and rebuttal to the arguments presented by
appellants appears in the final rejection (Paper No. 9, mailed
January 30, 1997) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 14,
mailed November 19, 1997). Rather that reiterate appellants'
position on the obviousness issues raised in this appeal, we
make reference to the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 13 and
15) for a complete statement of appellants' arguments.
OPINION
Having carefully considered appellants' specification and
claims, the applied Merrigan reference, and the respective
viewpoints of appellants and the examiner, we have reached the
conclusion that the examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 5
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is not well founded and, therefore, will
not be sustained.
Like appellants, we find no teaching, suggestion, or
incentive in the applied Merrigan reference which would have
made it obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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