Appeal No. 1998-0456 Page 3
Application No. 08/454,706
No. 6, mailed September 25, 1996), examiner's answer (Paper
No. 9, mailed April 23, 1997), supplemental examiner's answer
(Paper No. 14, mailed March 28, 2000, and second supplemental
examiner's answer (Paper No. 16, mailed December 8, 2000) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 8, filed
February 21, 1997) and reply brief (Paper No. 10, filed June
25, 1997) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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, appellant's arguments
set forth in the briefs along with the examiner's rationale in
support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal set forth
in the examiner's answers.
At the outset, we note that the final rejection, in
addition to including a rejection of claims 9, 12, and 13
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