Appeal No. 1999-2634
Application No. 08/108,606
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Claim Grouping
According to appellants, the claims stand or fall together in the following groups:
Group 1, claims 7, 8, 10, 11 and 16; Group 2, claim 9; Group 3, claim 11; Group 4,
Claims 13 and 14; Group 5, claim 17 and Group 6, claims 15, 18 and 19. (Brief, page
5). We decide this appeal on the basis of claim 7 as representative of claims 7-11, 16
and 17; and Claim 13 as representative of the claims 13-15, 18 and 19. In re Young,
927 F.2d 588, 590, 18 USPQ2d 1089, 1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991).
Grounds of Rejection
Claims 7, 8, 10 and 13-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 over Evans 1 in
view of Svennerholm, and Soderlind or Gregory and Myers.
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