Appeal No. 1997-0166
Application No. 08/409,933
matter, and shall include, as may be appropriate, an explanation of why features
disclosed in one reference may not properly be combined with features disclosed in
another reference. A general argument that all the limitations are not described in a
single reference does not satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.
Thus, 37 CFR § 1.192 provides that this Board is not under any greater burden than the court
which is not under any burden to raise and/or consider such issues. Therefore, we are not required to
raise and/or consider such issues.
SUMMARY
The rejection of claims 8, 9, 17-19 and 21-23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed. The
rejection of claims 11-16, 20 and 24-28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be
extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
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