Appeal No. 98-2446
Application 08/593,070
Lineweber and Kusta as applied above, and further in view of
Green.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Seitz, Lineweber, Kusta and Green as applied
above, and further in view of Collier.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding those rejections, we make
reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 10, mailed March
13, 1998) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejec-tions, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 9, filed
January 2, 1998) for appellant’s arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant’s specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a
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