Appeal No. 1999-2542 Application No. 08/832654 Claims 4 through 6 and 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Corain in view of Nicholas. Claims 4 through 6 and 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Winnie in view of Nicholas, further in view of Vinciguerra. The full text of the examiner's rejections and response to the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper No. 17), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 16 and 18). In the main brief (page 15), as corroborated on page 2 of the reply brief, appellant groups independent claim 4 and dependent claims 5, 6, 8, and 9 as a first group, and dependent claim 10 as a second group. OPINION 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007