Appeal No. 1999-2765 Page 3
Application No. 08/752,396
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 20,
mailed May 21, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 19,
filed April 9, 1999) 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 1 as the representative claim from the appellants'
grouping of claims 1 to 3, 8 and 9 to decide the appeal on
this rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103. See page 3 of the
appellants' brief.
Claim 1 on appeal reads as follows:
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