Appeal No. 1998-1226
Application No. 08/420,330
fall together.” The examiner has construed this statement as
meaning the claims stand or fall together (Answer, page 2,
¶7). Notwithstanding the meaning of appellants’ statement, we
do not find any specific, substantive arguments in the Brief
for the separate patentability of any specific claims except
claims 56 and 57 (see the Brief, page 10; claims 56 and 57
depend from independent claim 53). Accordingly, pursuant to
the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(1995), we select claim
53 from the
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