Ex parte MARTIN et al. - Page 3




         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               
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