Appeal No. 2002-0027
Application No. 08/963,812
Claims 7 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Prior Art Illustration C1 or Vallourec
in view of Wood.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's statement of the above-
noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
examiner and appellant regarding the rejection, we make reference
to the final rejection (Paper No. 10, mailed May 22, 2000) and
the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 13, mailed January 17, 2001) for
the reasoning in support of the rejection, and to appellant’s
brief (Paper No. 12, filed October 23, 2000) and reply brief
(Paper No. 14, filed March 20, 2001) for the arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter, we note that appellant has
indicated (brief, page 5) that claims 7 through 21 “stand or fall
together.” Accordingly, we have selected claim 18 as being
representative of this grouping and will decide the appeal on the
basis of that claim alone. Claims 7 through 17 and 19 through 21
will stand or fall with claim 18.
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