Appeal No. 1998-0483 Application No. 08/543,840 rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 12, mailed September 16, 1997) for the complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 11, filed July 24, 1997) and reply brief (Paper No. 13, filed November 21, 1997) for the arguments thereagainst. OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which follow. The 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection. We cannot sustain the examiner's rejection of appellant's claims 1 through 6 and 12 through 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 112. 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007