Appeal No. 2001-2635
Application 09/168,083
Claims 2, 3 and 5 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Murphy.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the
above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the rejection, we make
reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 7, mailed June 6,
2000) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 14, mailed February
27, 2001) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 13, filed December
18, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No. 15, filed April 27, 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 Murphy reference, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determination which
follows.
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