Ex parte ROBBINS - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1999-0564                                                        
          Application 08/398,834                                                      


          rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in                      
          rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.                                
          It is our view, after consideration of the record                           
          before us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of                   
          skill in the particular art would have suggested to one of                  
          ordinary skill in the art the obviousness of the invention as               
          set forth in claims 2-5, 13, 22 and 26-28.  Accordingly, we                 
          affirm.                                                                     
          Appellant has indicated that for purposes of this                           
          appeal the claims will all stand or fall together as a single               
          group [brief, page 8].  Consistent with this indication                     
          appellant has made no separate arguments with respect to any                
          of the claims on appeal.  Accordingly, all the claims before                
          us will stand or fall together.  Note In re King, 801 F.2d                  
          1324, 1325, 231 USPQ 136, 137 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In re                       
          Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989, 991, 217 USPQ 1, 3 (Fed. Cir. 1983).                
          Therefore, we will consider the rejection against independent               
          claim 2 as representative of all the claims on appeal.                      
          In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, it is                            
          incumbent upon the examiner to establish a factual basis to                 
          support the legal conclusion of obviousness.  See In re Fine,               
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