Appeal No. 2000-2081
Application 08/656,082
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 19, mailed October 27, 1999) for the examiner's reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper
No. 17, filed July 6, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 20,
filed December 27, 1999) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellants 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 appealed
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