Appeal No. 2002-0345
Application No. 09/177,655
As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has applied the
document specified below:
Orsulak et al. 5,636,861 Jun. 10, 1997
(Orsulak)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 7, 9, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Orsulak.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the final
rejection and the answer (Paper Nos. 18 and 20), while the
complete statement of appellant's argument can be found in the
main, supplemental, and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 17, 19, and 21).
Appellant indicates that the grouping of claims is not
applied (Paper Nos. 17 and 21), which we comprehend to mean that
all claims on appeal stand or fall together. Thus, we select
independent claim 7 for review, with dependent claims 9 and 10
standing or falling therewith; 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7).
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