Appeal No. 1999-0342
Application 08/184,813
Claims 1-22 are illustrative of the claims on appeal and read as in the attached
appendix of pending claims as originally presented with the Appeal Brief.
The prior art reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Eur. Pat. Appl. 0 207 676 Jan. 7, 1987
(Alsop)
Ground of Rejection
Claims 1-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Alsop.
DISCUSSION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the noted rejection, we make reference to the examiner's Answer for
the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the appellants’ Brief and Reply
Brief for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst. As a consequence of our review, we
make the determinations which follow.
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