Appeal No. 1997-3145 Page 4
Application No. 08/058,199
14, mailed January 17, 1995) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellants'
brief (Paper No. 20, filed February 2, 1996) for appellants'
arguments thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by
appellants have been considered in this decision. Arguments
which appellants could have made but chose not to make in the
brief have not been considered. See 37 CFR 1.192(a).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have
carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the
rejections advanced by the examiner, and the evidence of
obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the
rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, appellants' arguments
set forth in the brief along with the examiner's rationale in
support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal set forth
in the final rejection and examiner's answer.
It is our view, after consideration of the record before
us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in
the particular art would not have suggested to one of ordinary
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