Appeal No. 1997-2639
Application No. 08/237,129
Grounds of Rejection
Claims 14-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable for
obviousness over Lind and Fohlman taken with Siigur and Banks, in further view of
Lawman.
We reverse and enter a new ground of rejection of claims 21 and 22 under 35
U.S.C. § 102/103, pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
DECISION ON APPEAL
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
Answer and Supplemental Answer for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejection,
and to the appellant’s Brief and Reply Brief for the appellant’s arguments thereagainst. As
a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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