Appeal No. 1997-2688
Application No. 08/453,689
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answers for the 1
respective details.
OPINION
We note initially that Appellants have indicated (Brief,
page 4) that, for the purposes of this appeal, claims 1-20 and
50-68 will stand or fall together. Consistent with this
indication, both Appellants and the Examiner have directed and
limited their arguments to claim 1, the sole independent claim
on appeal. Accordingly, all the claims before us will stand
or fall together. Note In re King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1325, 231
USPQ 136, 137 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In re Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989,
991, 217 USPQ 1, 3 (Fed. Cir. 1983). Therefore, we will only
consider the rejection against independent claim 1 as
representative of all the claims on appeal.
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
1 The Appeal Brief was filed October 22, 1996. In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated November 20, 1996, a
Reply Brief was filed January 22, 1997 which was acknowledged
and entered without further comment in the Supplemental
Examiner’s Answer dated February 3, 1997.
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