Appeal No. 2002-0840
Application No. 09/610,015
from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 3, respective copies of
which appear in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 12).
As evidence of anticipation and obviousness, the examiner
has applied the documents listed below:
Kincaid et al 6,076,840 Jun. 20, 2000
(Kincaid)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1, 3, 4, and 6 through 10 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by or, in the
alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Kincaid.
The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper
No. 14), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can
be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 12 and 15).
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