Appeal No. 1999-2114
Application 08/821,711
Rather than reiterate the details of these
rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
examiner and the appellant regarding the rejections, we refer
to the examiner’s
answer (Paper No. 23, mailed December 3, 1998) and to
appellant’s brief (Paper No. 22, filed June 19, 1998) and
reply brief (Paper No. 24, filed February 1, 1999) for a full
disclosure thereof.
OPINION
After careful consideration of appellant’s
specification and claims, the teachings of the applied
references and each of the arguments and comments advanced by
appellant and the examiner, we have reached the conclusions
which follow.
Appellant argues claims 13 and 21 together and
claims 16 and 20 together, although they do not stand and fall
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