Appeal No. 98-2655 Application 08/698,743 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. 12, mailed March 10, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 11, filed February 5, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 13, filed April 13, 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 consequence of our review we have reached the determinations which follow. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007