Appeal No. 1997-0342
Application 08/229,135
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answers for the 1
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the Examiner, the arguments
in support of the rejections and the 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, Appellant’s arguments set forth in the
Briefs along with the Examiner’s rationale in support of the
rejections and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the
Examiner’s Answers.
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 not have suggested to one of ordinary
skill in the art the obviousness of the invention set forth in
1 The Appeal Brief was filed February 20, 1996. In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated March 21, 1996,
Appellant filed a Reply Brief on May 21, 1996 to which the
Examiner responded with a Supplemental Examiner’s Answer dated
July 29, 1996.
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