Appeal No. 2001-2193 Page 3
Application No. 09/152,515
Claims 4 to 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Forney and Gebhardt.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Forney and Gebhardt as applied to claim 4
above, and further in view of Squire.
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Forney and Akimoto.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 14, mailed May 9, 2000) and the answer (Paper No. 21,
mailed February 1, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 20,
filed December 21, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No. 23, filed
April 2, 2001) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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