Appeal No. 2001-2627
Application No. 09/472,658
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant or the
Examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the1
respective details thereof.
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner's rejection and the arguments of Appellant
and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we reverse the
Examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 21 and 56 through 60 and
we affirm the Examiner's rejection of claims 22, 23, 25 through
28, 31 through 46, 50 through 55 and 61 through 65.
35 U.S.C. § 101 REJECTION
We now turn to the rejection of claims 34 through 46 and 50
through 55 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to non-
statutory subject matter. At the outset, we note that the
Appellant states on page 6 of the brief that Group I includes
claims 34 through 46 and Group II includes claims 50 through 55.
We note the Appellant has argued claims 34 through 46 as a single
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