Ex Parte MUNOZ-GARCIA et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2001-1185                                                        
          Application No. 08/915,597                                 Page 3           

               Claims 5 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as             
          being unpatentable over Sowles in view of Hatano and further in             
          view of Azer.                                                               
               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by           
          the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejections,           
          we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 21, mailed            
          September 27, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in                
          support of the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No.              
          20, filed September 11, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No. 23,                
          filed November 27, 2000) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.            
          Only those arguments actually made by appellants have been                  
          considered in this decision.  Arguments which appellants could              
          have made but chose not to make in the brief have not been                  
          considered.  See 37 CFR 1.192(a).                                           


                                       OPINION                                        
               In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have carefully             
          considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections advanced            
          by the examiner, and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by             
          the examiner as support for the rejections.  We have, likewise,             
          reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision,            
          appellants' arguments set forth in the briefs along with the                








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