Appeal No. 2000-1655 Page 3
Application No. 08/836,892
Claims 33 to 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Long as applied to claim 33 above, and
further in view of Upson or Childers.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 20,
mailed January 3, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 19,
filed November 17, 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. Upon evaluation of all the evidence before us, it
is our conclusion that the evidence adduced by the examiner is
insufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness
with respect to the claims under appeal. Accordingly, we will
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