Appeal No. 2003-0016 Page 3
Application No. 09/400,613
Claims 27 to 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Gademann in view of Thompson.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 12, mailed May 31, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 11, filed March 13, 2002) and reply brief
(Paper No. 13, filed July 9, 2002) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
The indefiniteness rejection
We sustain the rejection of claims 27 to 29 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph.
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