Appeal No. 2003-0119
Application No. 09/569,477
copy of which appears in the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No.
14).
As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has applied the
document specified below:
Volz et al 5,826,505 Oct. 27, 1998
(Volz)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Volz.
The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer (Paper
No. 15), while the complete statement of appellants’ argument can
be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 14 and 16).
Appellants group claims 11 and 12 together (main brief, page
3) and, thus, our main focus is upon independent claim 11.
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