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Appeal No. 2002-1854
Application No. 09/163,874
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method for the linear configuration of
metallic fuse sections. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which has been reproduced below.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Nakaizumi 4,985,866 Jan. 15, 1991
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Nakaizumi.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 17) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to
the Brief (Paper No. 16) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 18) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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