Appeal No. 1998-0236 Application No. 08/472,536 For the foregoing reasons, we will sustain the rejection of claim 35. We will also sustain the rejection of dependent claims 36 through 38 since the patentability of these claims has not been argued separately of claim 35. See In re Nielson, 816 F.2d at 1572, 2 USPQ2d at 1528 and In re Burckel, 592 F.2d at 1178-79, 201 USPQ at 70. In summary, we have (1) affirmed the examiner’s rejections of claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 14 though 16 and 30 though 38 and (2) reversed the examiner’s rejections claims 1, 4, 9, 10, 17 through 26, 28 and 29. The examiner’s decision rejecting the appealed claims is affirmed in part. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART Harrison E. McCandlish, Senior ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) 19Page: Previous 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007