Appeal No. 1999-0941 Page 3
Application No. 08/756,424
1. Claims 31-33, 35-38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 49 and 50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Steere in view of AAPA (specification, page 18, lines 4-5, and the attached
TABLE) and May.
2. Claim 34 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Steere in view of
AAPA (specification, page 18, lines 4-5 and the attached TABLE) and May, as applied above, and
further in view of Taylor-Myers.
3. Claims 39 and 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Steere in
view of AAPA (specification, page 18, lines 4-5 and the attached TABLE) and May, as applied
above, and further in view of Webb.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 30) and the answer (Paper No. 33) for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner with regard to the merits of these rejections.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to appellants'
specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions articulated
by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which
follow.
At the outset, we note that appellants' brief (page 4) states that all claims involved in this appeal
stand or fall with claim 31. Therefore, we shall decide the appeal of the standing rejections on the basis
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