Appeal No. 1998-2813
Application No. 08/463,203
alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Fink.
Claims 21, 22/21, 23 through 25, 32/21 and 36/21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fink.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 14, mailed January 29, 1998) for the reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper
No. 11, filed January 5, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 15,
filed March 27, 1998) 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 Fink reference, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determinations which
follow.
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