Appeal No. 1999-0713
Application 08/325,629
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 10 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Puno in view of Partridge.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Puno in view of Partridge and Eitenmuller.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 22 and 25) and to the examiner’s main and
supplemental answers (Paper Nos. 23 and 30) for the respective
positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the
merits of these rejections.1
DISCUSSION
I. Grouping of claims
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), the appellant states
(see page 3 in the reply brief) that the claims as currently
rejected should be grouped as follows: Group I - claims 11,
14, 15, 16 and 17; Group II - claims 10, 12 and 13; and Group2
III - claim 9. In accordance with this grouping and the
1The above rejections of claims 9 through 17 were entered
as new grounds of rejection in the main answer, superseding
the various rejections set forth in the final rejection.
2Claim 14 depends from canceled claim 8, an informality
which is deserving of correction in the event of further
prosecution before the examiner.
3
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007