Appeal No. 1999-1764
Application No. 08/827,544
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response
to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer
(Paper No. 20), while the complete statement of appellant’s
argument can be found in the brief (Paper No. 19).3
In the brief (pages 2 and 3), appellant indicates that
claims 1 through 8 stand or fall together. Consistent with
this statement, we focus our attention, infra, exclusively
upon independent claims 1 and 6, with the remaining dependent
claims respectively standing or falling therewith.
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issues
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellant’s specification and claims 1 and 6, the
first declaration of David R. Johnstone executed February 2,
1998, 4
3Receipt of the “NOTICE OF RECENT DECISION” (Paper No.
21) is acknowledged.
4In paragraph 6 of this declaration, declarant indicates
attendance at “two (2) trade shows” in 1996 where “the
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