Appeal No. 1996-3126
Application No. 08/300,586
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Sokal et al. (Sokal) 3,919,656 Nov. 11,
1975
Herbert L. Krauss et al., Solid State Radio Engineering 394-
412 and 448-454 (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1980)(Krauss)
Claims 2, 3, 5, 21 through 23, 25, 35, 38, and 52 through
55 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Sokal or Krauss.
Reference is made to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 14,
mailed June 28, 1995) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 18,
mailed April 11, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper
No. 17, filed February 26, 1996) and Reply Brief (Paper No.
24, filed June 17, 1996) for appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter we note that appellants indicate
on page 3 of the Brief, and page 7 of the Reply Brief, that
the claims do not stand or fall together. Appellants propose
seven groups and provide arguments in accordance with 37 CFR
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