Appeal No. 2000-1746 Application 08/791,098 Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding those rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 14, mailed April 21, 1999) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 19, mailed December 1, 1999) for the reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 18, filed September 7, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 20, filed January 27, 2000) 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. In rejecting independent claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007