Appeal No. 2002-1704
Application No. 09/240,313
Claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Whittle, Dmitroff in view of Whittle, or
Grimm in view of Whittle, each as applied above, further in view
of Kesselman or Grünbichler.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full commentary with
regard to the above-noted rejections and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by appellant and the examiner regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No.
29, mailed March 27, 2002) for the reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 28, filed January
11, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 30, filed June 6, 2002) 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 references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determinations which follow.
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