Appeal No. 1997-2856
Application 08/394,251
sub-assembly" (Final Rejection, page 11) erroneously switches
the claims of the application with the claims of the patent.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 4) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 7)
(pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 6)
(pages referred to as "Br__") for Appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
Analysis limited to arguments in Appellant's brief
We confine our analysis to issues and differences argued
in the brief. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(8)(iv) (1995) ("For each
rejection under 35 U.S.C. 103, the argument shall specify the
errors in the rejection and, if appropriate, the specific
limitations in the rejected claims which are not described in
the prior art relied on in the rejection, and shall explain
how such limitations render the claimed subject matter
unobvious over the prior art."). Arguments not made are
considered abandoned. Cf. In re Baxter Travenol Labs.,
952 F.2d 388, 391, 21 USPQ2d 1281, 1285 (Fed. Cir. 1991)
("It is not the function of this court to examine the claims
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