Appeal No. 1998-2228
Application No. 08/523,405
§ 103(a) for obviousness over Murrell in view of Koberstein.
IV. Claims 15-16 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) for obviousness over Murrell in view of Koberstein and
Addiego.
V. Claims 13-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) for
obviousness over Murrell in view of Koberstein, Addiego, Longo,
and Kay.
We have carefully considered the entire record in light of
the opposing arguments presented by appellants and the examiner.
Having done so, we find all of the rejections at issue to be
sustainable and, accordingly, we shall affirm the decision of the
examiner for the following reasons.
I.
Turning first to the rejection under the first paragraph of
35 U.S.C. § 112, we note that appellants refer to claims 18-20
and to pages 13-14 and 19-20 of their specification for support
for the limitations recited in claims 25-26. However, like the
examiner, we find nothing in the cited portions of the
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