Appeal No. 1999-0387 Page 4
Application No. 08/590,278
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Drake in view of Perriman.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 17,
mailed July 9, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 15,
filed March 31, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 18, filed
September 8, 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.
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