Appeal No. 1998-3007 Page 4
Application No. 08/690,994
Claims 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Cole in view of Pippert.
Claims 17 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Cole in view of Patterson.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 8, mailed May 27, 1998) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellant's
brief (Paper No. 7, filed March 3, 1998) and reply brief
(Paper No. 9, filed June 1, 1998) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art, and to the respective
positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a
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