Appeal No. 1997-1117 Application No. 08/300,703 unpatentable over the combination of Weiss, Harder, Elliot, Fumanelli, and Warren and further in view of Mauer. Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Answer for the 2 respective details thereof. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections advanced by the Examiner 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 Brief along with the Examiner’s 2The original non-compliant Appeal Brief was filed July 17, 1996 and was corrected by a Supplemental Appeal Brief filed May 11, 1999. We will refer to the original Appeal Brief as simply the Brief. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007