Appeal No. 1998-0502 Page 4
Application No. 08/571,323
Claims 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Wright in view of Blaha and further in
view of Miller.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant or the
Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the
details thereof.
OPINION
After a careful review of the evidence before us, we agree
with the Examiner that claims 1 through 19 are properly
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Thus, we will sustain the
rejection of these claims but we will reverse the rejection of
claim 20 for the reasons set forth infra.
At the outset, we note that Appellant has indicated on
page 4 of the brief the claims stand or fall together as
grouped in the rejections. That is, claims 1 through 6, 8
through 10, 12 through 15 and 20 as Group A; claims 7, 11 and
17 as Group B; claim 16 as Group C; and claims 18 and 19 as
Group D.
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