Appeal No. 2003-0117
Application 09/747,077
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 through 9, 11 through 13, 15 through 19
and 21 through 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Einstein in view of either Famolare or
Taylor.
Claims 6 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Einstein in view of either Famolare or
Taylor as applied to claims 1 and 18 above, and further in view
of Dilg.
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Einstein in view of either Famolare or Taylor
as applied to claims 1 and 2 above, and further in view of
McCord.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
appellant and the examiner regarding the above-noted rejections,
we refer to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 14, mailed June 5,
2002) and appellant’s brief (Paper No. 11, filed February 14,
2002) supplemental communication (Paper No. 13, filed April 30,
2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 15, filed August 2, 2002) for a
full exposition thereof.
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