Appeal No. 1999-1505 Page 3
Application No. 08/638,454
Byrd et al. 5,772,291 June 30,
1998
(Byrd) (filed Feb. 16, 1996)
Claims 12 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellant regards as the invention.
Claims 12 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over the admitted prior art in view of
Tinker and Anderson.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 9, mailed December 4, 1997) and the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 18, mailed September 29, 1998) for the examiner's
complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the
appellant's brief (Paper No. 17, filed July 3, 1998) and reply
brief (Paper No. 19, filed November 30, 1998) for the
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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