Appeal No. 2002-0587 Page 3
Application No. 08/922,300
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Admitted prior art found on page 1, line 17 through page 4, line
5 of appellant's specification.
Van Clifton Martin 3,555,348 Jan. 12, 1971
Claims 1-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Appellant's admitted prior art in view of
Martin.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejection,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 20, mailed
September 17, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 19,
filed August 13, 2001) and reply brief (Paper No. 21, filed
November 13, 2001) for appellant's arguments thereagainst. Only
those arguments actually made by appellant have been considered
in this decision. Arguments which appellant 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
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