Appeal No. 2000-2015 Application 08/843,060 the above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding the rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 18, mailed August 6, 1999) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 21, mailed March 24, 2000) for the reasoning in support of the rejection, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 20, filed January 10, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No. 22, filed May 25, 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 determination which follows. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007