Ex parte LEMELSON - Page 4




                     Appeal No. 2000-2232                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/483,928                                                                                                                                            


                     doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting over claims 1-22                                                                                                    
                     of Lemelson 4,819,101 (hereinafter "Lemelson '101") in view of                                                                                                    
                     Lemelson 3,943,563 (hereinafter "Lemelson '563").                                                                                                                 
                                Claims 21, 23-28, 30 and 32-37 stand rejected under the                                                                                                
                     judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double                                                                                                            
                     patenting                                                                                                                                                         
                     over claims 1-19 of Lemelson 4,604,668 (hereinafter "Lemelson                                                                                                     
                     ‘668") in view of Lemelson 3,943,563 (hereinafter "Lemelson                                                                                                       
                     '563").                                                                                                                                                           
                                Claims 21-23, 25-28, 30-32 and 34-37 stand rejected under                                                                                              
                     35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable Lemelson '563 in view of                                                                                                    
                     Camras and Kimura.                                                                                                                                                
                                Claims 24, 29 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                                                                                              
                     as being unpatentable Lemelson '563 in view of Camras and                                                                                                         
                     Kimura and Munsey.                                                                                                                                                
                                Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the                                                                                               
                     Examiner, reference is made to the Brief , Reply Brief  and the                       3                            4                                              




                                3 The Brief was received October 18, 1999.                                                                                                             
                                4The Reply Brief was received April 3, 2000.                                                                                                           
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