Appeal No. 98-2559
Application 08/633,101
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer
(Paper No. 11), while the complete statement of appellant’s
argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper 4
Nos. 10 and 12).
On page 2 of the main brief (Paper No. 10), appellant
indicates that claims 11 through 13 will stand or fall with
claim 10. Therefore, we focus exclusively upon claim 10,
infra.
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issue
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellant’s specification and claims, the applied 5
4A supplement to the brief was submitted by appellant
(Paper No. 15) to provide information, responsive to an order
for compliance (Paper No. 14).
5We are informed by appellant’s specification (page 5)
that the insert 24 of the present invention is fabricated from
a low density foamed metal material of the type disclosed in
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