Appeal No. 2001-1567 Page 3
Application No. 09/044,455
Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 10-12, 14-16 and 18 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kennedy in
view of the RHH Brochure.
Claims 9 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kennedy in view of the RHH Brochure as
applied to claims 1 and 10 above, and further in view of
Wencley.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 17,
mailed November 21, 2000) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief
(Paper No. 16, filed August 30, 2000) and reply brief (Paper
No. 18, filed January 4, 2001) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
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