Appeal No. 1997-3823
Application No. 08/320,782
unpatentable over Furness in view of Landis and Flader.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 15, mailed March 21, 1995), the
examiner’s answer (Paper No. 21, mailed November 20, 1996) and
supplemental answer (Paper No. 24, mailed April 23, 1997) for
the reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants’
brief (Paper No. 20, filed March 4, 1996) and Reply Brief
(Paper No. 23, filed January 21, 1997) for the arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants’ specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
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