Appeal No. 2001-0573
Application No. 08/638,245
Claims 3, 4, 7 through 9 and 15 through 17 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Scott in
view of Scales as applied above, and further in view of Peck.
Reference is made to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 26,
mailed July 20, 2000) for the examiner's reasoning in support
of the above-noted rejections. Appellants' arguments
thereagainst are found in the brief (Paper No. 25, filed June
27, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No. 27, filed September 18,
2000).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the obviousness issues
involved in this appeal, we have carefully considered
appellants' specification and claims, the applied prior art
references, and the respective viewpoints advanced by
appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our review,
we have made the determinations which follow.
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