Appeal No. 1999-1899 Page 5
Application No. 08/932,090
Claims 1, 2 and 4 through 15 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gueyrard taken
together with Ruemelin.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 12,
mailed March 17, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 11,
filed January 21, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 13, filed
April 15, 1999) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review we make the
determinations which follow.
--The 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection over Heyl and Ruemelin--
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