Appeal No. 1999-1486
Application No. 08/670,806
The following rejection is the sole rejection before us
for review.
Claims 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, and 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Claud-Mantle in
view of Poe.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 15 and 17), while the
complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the
revised brief (Paper No. 16).
Appellants indicate that claims 7 and 15 do not stand or
fall together, and that claims 3, 9, 12, and 14 may be grouped
with claim 7 (revised brief, page 5). Accordingly, we shall
assess claims 7 and 15 separately, infra, and claims 3, 9, 12,
and 14 shall stand or fall with claim 7.
OPINION
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