Appeal No. 2000-1284
Application No. 08/576,730
Claims 1-3, 7 and 9-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers McInerney
taken alone.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the evidence
of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the
rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s
arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s
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
1-3, 7 and 9-11. We reach the opposite conclusion with respect
to claim 12. Accordingly, we affirm-in-part.
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