Appeal No. 2002-1591
Application No.09/616,503
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Turner ‘858 5,307,858 May 3, 1994
Richter et al. (Richter) 5,722,477 Mar. 3, 1998
Claims 35 through 40, 42, 44 through 55, 57 and 59 through
72 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Richter.
Claims 48 and 65 additionally stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Turner ‘858 in view of
Richter.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
regarding those rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 7, mailed May 10, 2001) and examiner's
answer (Paper No. 14, mailed January 18, 2002) for the reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No.
13, filed November 20, 2001) and reply brief (Paper No. 15, filed
February 15, 2002) for the arguments thereagainst.
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