Appeal No. 1996-2246
Application No. 08/052,910
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support
for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellants’
arguments set forth in the Brief along with the Examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the Examiner’s Answer.
It is our view, after consideration of the record before
us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in
the particular art would have suggested to one of ordinary
skill in the art the obviousness of the invention as set forth
in claims 1, 2, 6, and 8-10. We reach the opposite conclusion
with respect to claim 7. Accordingly, we affirm-in-part.
Appellants have indicated (Brief, page 4) that, for the
purposes of this appeal, the claims will stand or fall in the
following groups: Group I (claims 1, 2, 6, and 8-10) and Group
II (claim 7). Consistent with this indication, Appellants
have made no separate arguments with respect to any of the
dependent claims 2, 6, and 8-10 in Group I and, accordingly,
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