Appeal No. 2000-1914
Application No. 08/718,643
Claims 26 and 37 through 39 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Deyoreo, as applied
to claims 11 and 31 above, further in view of Butler.
Claims 28 through 30 and 50 through 54 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Deyoreo, as
applied to claims 1, 11, 31, 40, and 48 above, further in view
of Bible.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response
to the argument presented by appellants appears in the final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 11 and 30), while the
complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the
main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 28 and 33).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issues
raised in this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully
considered appellants’ specification and claims, the applied
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