Appeal No. 1997-2245 Page 3
Application No. 08/402,872
Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 2
(February 1994) pp. 192-195.
Macri, M. A. et al. (Macri), Measurement of gastrointestinal
transit time by means of biomagnetic instrumentation:
preliminary results, Clin. Phys. Physiol. Meas., Vol. 12,
Suppl. A, (1991) pp. 111-115.
Claims 1, 5, 8, and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Mishin, Weitschies, or Macri in
view of Leibing.
Claims 2-4, 6, 7, 9-11, 13, and 14 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Mishin, Weitschies,
or Macri in view of Leibing, and further in view of Golden.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 7, mailed February 6, 1996) and examiner's answer (Paper
No. 13, mailed September 5, 1996) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants'
brief (Paper No. 12, filed June 20, 1996), supplemental
appendix (Paper No. 14, filed October 22, 1996), and reply
brief (Paper No. 16, filed November 4, 1996) for appellants'
arguments thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by
appellants have been considered in this decision.
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