Appeal No. 2003-0293
Application No. 09/472,197 Page 3
Claims 89 and 90 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Scroggie in view of Csaszar.
Claim 88 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Scroggie in view of Jermyn and further in view
of Laor.
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. 24, mailed
July 1, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 23, filed May
7, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 27, filed September 8, 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).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have carefully
considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections advanced
by the examiner, and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by
the examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise,
reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision,
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