Appeal No. 1998-0224
Application No. 08/291,564
Claims 18-26 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Fraughton.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answers for the 1
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
Briefs along with the Examiner’s rationale in support of the
rejections and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the
Examiner’s Answers.
It is our view, after consideration of the record before
us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in
1The Appeal Brief was filed October 18, 1996. In response
to the Examiner’s Answer dated January 22, 1997, a Reply brief
was filed March 24, 1997, which was entered and responded to
by the Examiner in a Supplemental Examiner’s Answer dated May
27, 1997.
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