Appeal No. 2002-2073
Application No. 09/210,104 Page 3
Claims 1-3, 6-11, 14-19, and 22-24 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Borchardt in view of
Mann.
Claims 4, 5, 12, 13, 20, and 21 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Borchardt in view of Mann,
and further in view of Alexandria.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 13, mailed
March 22, 2002) and the final rejection (Paper No. 6, mailed July
2, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 12, filed January
23, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 14, filed May 7, 2002) for
appellants' arguments thereagainst. Only those arguments
actually made by appellants have been considered in this
decision. Arguments which appellants could have made but chose
not to make in the brief have not been considered. See 37 CFR
1.192(a).
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