Appeal No. 1999-2777
Application No. 08/985,835
No. 5, mailed
September 2, 1998) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 16,
mailed May 21, 1999) for the examiner's reasoning in support
of the rejections, and to appellant's corrected brief (Paper
No. 15, filed May 6, 1999) for the 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.
We turn first to the examiner's rejection of claims 9
through 11 and 13 through 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph. After reviewing appellant's specification and
drawings, and the claims subject to this rejection in light
thereof, it is our opinion that the scope and content of the
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