Appeal No. 1998-3016 Application No. 08/568,344 Reference is made to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 17, mailed March 2, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants' brief (Paper No. 16, filed January 14, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 19, filed May 4, 1998) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst. OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which follow. 112 or 35 U.S.C. 101, and would be allowable if rewritten in independent form ...." 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007