Appeal No. 2000-1664
Application No. 09/114,790
The prior art
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner and rejecting the appealed claims is:
McAllister et al. (McAllister) 5,757,079 May 26,
1998
The rejection
Claims 6-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over McAllister.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
7) and the answer (Paper No. 12) for the examiner’s complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper
No. 11) and reply brief (Paper No. 15) for the appellants’
arguments thereagainst.
Opinion
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants’ specification and
claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
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