Appeal No. 2001-1636 Page 3
Application No. 09/226,890
Claims 1 to 9, 11 and 21 to 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Roche in view of Hobgood and Gilbert.
Claims 10 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Roche in view of Hobgood, Gilbert and Schreyer.
Claims 14 to 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Roche in view of Gilbert.
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Roche
in view of Gilbert and Hobgood.
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. 22, mailed December 7, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 21, filed November 27, 2000) and reply brief (Paper
No. 23, filed February 2, 2001) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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