Appeal No. 1998-2823
Application No. 08/458,010
“Exhibit A” attached to appellants’ main brief.2
Claims 8, 9, 15, 17, 20 through 22, 26, 27 and 32 through
51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.3,4
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 49) for
the examiner’s complete reasoning in support of the rejection,
and to the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 47 and 50,
respectively) for appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims,
and to the respective positions articulated by appellants and
the examiner. As a consequence of our review we have reached
the determination which follows.
2All references in this decision to appellants’ main brief refer to the
second amended brief filed October 6, 1997 (Paper No. 47).
3The inclusion of claim 18 in the statement of the ground of rejection
at page 4 of the answer was an obvious typographical error.
4The rejection of claim 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (referred to as Issue
B in appellants’ main brief (p. 8)) was withdrawn in the answer (p. 3).
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