Appeal No. 1999-1491
Application No. 08/386,670
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references and to the respective
positions articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determinations
which follow.
Looking at page 7 of the brief, we note that appellant
has indicated that independent claim 1 as well as dependent
claims 2, 3, 5 through 7 and 10 stand together; that dependent
claims 8 and 9 stand together; that claims 11 and 12 stand
together; that independent claim 13 as well as claims 14
through 16 stand together; that claims 17 through 20 stand
together; and that each of claims 21 through 23 are separately
patentable.
Turning first to the examiner's rejection of claim 1
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