Appeal No. 1999-1987 Page 4
Application No. 08/400,129
Claim 27 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over McGuckin in view of Alexander.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the nonfinal Office action
(Paper No. 21, mailed March 21, 1996) and the answer (Paper
No. 31, mailed December 21, 1998) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief
(Paper No. 27, filed April 7, 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 references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
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