Appeal No. 2001-2320 Application 09/097,295 view of either Palmer or Ito and the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of dependent claims 2 through 14 and 17 through 25, 27 through 29 and 31 as being unpatentable over Steenstrup in view of either Palmer or Ito. The appellant has not challenged these rejections with any reasonable specificity, thereby allowing the dependent claims to stand or fall with their respective independent parent claims. See In re Nielson, 816 F.2d 1567, 1572, 2 USPQ2d 1525, 1528 (Fed. Cir. 1987). 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007