Appeal No. 2001-0734
Application 09/071,264
Claims 31 through 41 and 43 through 51 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Amstutz.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the
above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
appellants and the examiner regarding those rejections, we make
reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 21, mailed January
29, 2001) for the reasoning in support of the rejections, and to
appellants’ brief and reply brief (Paper No. 22, filed April 2,
2001) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determinations which follow.
Looking first to the examiner’s rejection of claims 31
through 42 and 44 through 51 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Pollock ‘386, we must agree with the examiner that
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