Appeal No. 1998-1288
Application No. 08/502,817
Claims 1-6, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103. As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Zansky in
view of Cox with respect to claims 1, 2, 12 and 13, and the
examiner adds Cates and Warren to this combination with
respect to claims 3-6.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s
arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.
It is our view, after consideration of the record before
us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in
the particular art would not have suggested to one of ordinary
skill in the art the invention as set forth in claims 1-6, 12
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