Appeal No. 1999-0285 Page 4
Application No. 08/697,573
Claim 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over O'Brien in view of Houle.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 18, mailed July 22, 1998) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants'
brief (Paper No. 15, filed February 2, 1998) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
The indefiniteness rejection
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