Appeal No. 2000-0499
Application 08/716,431
Coleman 5,193,864 Mar. 16,
1993
De Groot 0,308,544 Mar. 3, 1987
(European Patent Application)
As in an initial matter, we note that appellant includes
comments in the brief directed to the examiner's refusal to
enter an amendment after final rejection under 37 C.F.R. §
1.116 filed on January 11, 1999. As noted by the examiner,
the refusal to enter such an amendment is not an appealable
matter and will not be further considered by this board.
THE REJECTIONS
Claim 6 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
unpatentable over Coleman.
Claims 1 through 5 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Coleman in view of De Groot. Since
appellant has not included separate arguments respecting
claims 2 through 5, we hold that these claims stand or fall
with claim 1 on appeal.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejections on appeal in
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