Appeal No. 2002-0095
Application No. 09/378,051
In the main brief (page 3), appellant sets forth that claims
7 through 12 stand or fall together, and that claims 13 through
18 stand or fall together. Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.192(c)(7), we
select claims 7 and 13 for review, infra, with the remaining
dependent claims of each claim grouping standing or falling with
their respective independent claim.
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the anticipation issue raised
in this appeal, this panel of the Board has carefully considered
appellant’s specification and claims 7 and 13,3 the applied
patent, and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determination which follows.
3 As noted below, claims 7 and 13 include informalities
therein. However, reading these claims in light of the underlying
disclosure allows us to comprehend the metes and bounds thereof
and assess the claimed subject matter relative to the applied
prior art.
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