Appeal No. 2001-2671 Page 4
Application No. 09/258,155
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Weissrich.
Claims 4 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Weissrich in view of Baratelli.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 7, mailed September 5, 2000) and the answer (Paper No. 11,
mailed April 2, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 10,
filed February 5, 2001) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
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