Appeal No. 1998-0941 Page 2
Application No. 08/226,660
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates, in general, to currency
identification (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
Claims 20-34 and 43-72 stand rejected under the judicially
created doctrine of double patenting over claim 15 of U.S. Patent
No. 5,295,196.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
13, mailed August 21, 1996) and the answer (Paper No. 24, mailed
July 23, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 23, filed April 24,
1997) and reply brief (Paper No. 25, filed September 3, 1997) for
the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, and to the respective positions articulated by the
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