Appeal No. 2001-2057 Application 09/155,574 Claims 1, 2, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Fuchs. Claims 3 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fuchs in view of Weston. Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fuchs in view of Solignac. Claims 5 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fuchs. The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to the argument presented by appellants appears in the final rejection and the answer (Paper Nos. 8 and 11), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 10 and 12 ). In the main brief (page 4), appellants indicate that the rejection of claims 2 through 5 and 7 through 9 will be decided on the basis of whether claim 1 is properly rejected 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007