Appeal No. 1999-2537 Page 5
Application No. 08/619,269
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 18, mailed August 1, 1997) and the answer (Paper No. 28,
mailed August 17, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 27,
filed June 26, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 29, filed
October 19, 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.
In accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), we have selected
claim 22 as the representative claim from the appellants'
grouping of claims 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15 to 18, 22, 23 and 25
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