Appeal No. 1996-2963 Page 10
Application 07/952,427
lines 40-43 and column 7, lines 26-41).
Appellants do not specifically dispute the above-
identified findings of the examiner as to the obviousness of
using a multi-layer tube construction in Mohr based on the
combined teachings of the applied references. Rather,
appellants argue that the
combined references fail to teach the claimed subject matter
for substantially similar reasons as argued with respect to
the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-7, 9 and 11-22 as
discussed above. Since we find ourselves in agreement with
the examiner’s position for the reasons expressed in the
answer and above, we will not further burden the record with
reiterating why we consider appellants’ arguments
unconvincing.
Accordingly, we will sustain the examiner’s § 103
rejection of claims 8 and 10.
Rejection of Claim 31
Our disposition of the examiner’s § 103 rejection of
claim 31 based on the combined teachings of Mohr and Woo is
another matter. According to the examiner (answer, page 9),
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