Appeal No. 1999-2783
Application No. 08/654,034
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant's
brief (Paper
No. 12, filed January 7, 1999) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determinations
which follow.
Preliminary to discussing the rejections on appeal, we
note that on page 8 of the brief appellant has indicated that
claims 1 through 7 and 9 can be grouped together, while claim
10 should be considered separately. Claims 8 and 11, not
mentioned on page 8 of the brief, are argued separately on
pages 14 and 15 of the brief.
Looking first at the examiner's rejection of claims 1
through 7, 9 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) based on the
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