Ex parte OMANN - Page 17




                 Appeal No. 2000-0027                                                                                    Page 17                        
                 Application No. 09/072,190                                                                                                             


                          For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the                                                                          
                 examiner to reject claim 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.                                                                         


                 Claims 13 to 19                                                                                                                        
                          The decision of the examiner to reject claims 13 to 19                                                                        
                 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is also affirmed since the appellant has                                                                         
                 not argued separately the patentability of any particular                                                                              
                 claim apart from the others, thus allowing claims 13 to 19 to                                                                          
                 fall with claim 12 (see In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 590, 18                                                                             
                 USPQ2d 1089, 1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Wood, 582 F.2d 638,                                                                          
                 642, 199 USPQ 137, 140 (CCPA 1978); and 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)                                                                           
                 and (8)(iv)).                                                                                                                          












                          4(...continued)                                                                                                               
                 F.2d 792, 794, 215 USPQ 569, 571 (CCPA 1982); In re Pearson,                                                                           
                 494 F.2d 1399, 1402, 181 USPQ 641, 644 (CCPA 1974).                                                                                    







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