Appeal No. 1997-1584
Application No. 08/353,375
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, the arguments
in support of the rejection and the evidence of obviousness
relied upon by the Examiner as support for the rejection. We
have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in
reaching our decision, Appellants’ arguments set forth in the
Brief along with the Examiner’s rationale in support of the
rejection and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the
Examiner’s Answer.
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 have suggested to one of ordinary
skill in the art the obviousness of the invention as set forth
in claims 1-24. Accordingly, we affirm.
Appellant has indicated (Brief, page 6) that, for the
purposes of this appeal, claims 1-24 will stand or fall
together. Consistent with this indication, Appellants have
directed and limited their arguments to claim 1, the sole
independent claim on appeal. Accordingly, all the claims
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