Appeal No. 2000-1546
Application 08/588,149
the claims stand or fall together as a single group, we also
sustain this rejection with respect to claims 17, 18, 22, 24, 32,
36-38 and 40. Although claims 19-21, 23, 25-31, 33-35, 39 and 41
are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 using Imamura with an
additional reference, appellants have made no arguments with
respect to the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Since we find
that the examiner has established a prima facie case of
obviousness, and since appellants have presented no arguments in
opposition to this rejection, we also sustain the rejection of
claims 19-21, 23, 25-31, 33-35, 39 and 41.
In summary, we have sustained each of the examiner’s
rejections of the claims on appeal. Therefore, the decision of
the examiner rejecting claims 16-41 is affirmed.
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