Appeal No. 98-2755 Application 08/048,969 The following rejection is before us for review. Claims 16 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kalikow in view of Herve. The full text of the examiner's rejection and re- sponse to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper No. 34), while the complete statement of appel- lant’s argument can be found in the main and substitute reply briefs (Paper Nos. 33 and 37). 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 patents, and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the deter- mination which follows. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007