Appeal No. 1997-0635 Page 4 Application No. 08/375,183 Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 34, mailed September 20, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 33, filed July 22, 1996) and reply brief (Paper No. 36, filed November 27, 1996) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst. OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied references, and to the respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which follow. The obviousness rejections We will not sustain any of the rejections of claims 4 to 8 and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007