Appeal No. 1999-1735 Page 4
Application No. 08/745,978
mailed January 8, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 14,
filed December 21, 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.
In the brief (pp. 5-6), the appellants stated that claims
23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33-35, 37, 38, 41-45, 47 and 55 stand
or fall together as a first group and that claims 25, 26, 29,
32 and 36 stand or fall together as a second group.
In accordance with the appellants grouping of claims,
arguments provided, and 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), we will review
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