Appeal No. 1997-3152 Page 5
Application No. 08/116,305
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 22, mailed April 3, 1997), and the final rejection (Paper
No. 15, mailed November 14, 1995) for the examiner’s complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants’
brief (Paper
No. 21, filed August 5, 1996) for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst. Only those arguments actually made by the
appellants have been considered in this decision. Arguments
which the appellants could have made but chose not to make in
the briefs 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, the appellants’
arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s
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