Appeal No. 2002-0034
Application 09/052,646
deleted. Stated otherwise, inlet/outlet objects are only
reclaimed when not "in use" within Kwan's teachings and
suggestions.
Because the examiner's positions with respect to the
rejections of each of the independent claims on appeal is based
upon the assertion that the claimed feature of elimination or
deletion is met by the teaching in Kwan of reclaiming an object,
we must reverse the rejection of each of the independent claims
because this reference does not appear to teach this equivalence
and each independent claim on appeal requires in some manner this
feature. As such, we do not sustain the examiner's respective
rejections of their dependent claims as well.
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