Appeal No. 2002-0555
Application 09/361,514
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting claims 1, 3 and 4 is:
Lee 5,757,618 May 26, 1998
Claims 1, 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as
being unpatentable over Lee.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's commentary
with regard to the above-noted rejection and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by appellant and the examiner regarding that
rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No.
10, mailed July 3, 2001) for the reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 9, filed June 11,
2001) and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 11 and 13) for the arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant’s specification and claims, to
the applied prior art Lee patent, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
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