Appeal No. 1998-2941 Page 20
Application No. 08/061,985
Reexamination Control No. 90/003,682
For the reasons stated above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claim 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is
affirmed.
Claims 25-28, 33-35, 46/20, and 46/28
The appellants have grouped claims 20, 25-28, 33-35,
46/20, and 46/28 as standing or falling together. Thereby, 9
in accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), claims 25-28, 33-35,
46/20, and 46/28 fall with claim 20. Thus, it follows that
the decision of the examiner to reject claims 25-28, 33-35,
46/20, and 46/28 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is also affirmed.
Rejection (5)
We sustain the rejection of claims 20, 22, 23, 25-28, 30,
31, 33-35, 46/20, and 46/28 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by either one of the News & Observer article or
the PSA abstract.
Claim 20
9See page 8 of the appellants' brief.
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