Appeal No. 2003-0303
Application 09/096,521
Claims 12 through 14 and 16 through 19 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Nelson in view of Madsen, Chance and the APA.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's commentary
regarding the above-noted rejections and the conflicting
viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding
those rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer
(Paper No. 18, mailed May 5, 2002) for the reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper
No. 17, filed April 3, 2002) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have
given careful consideration to appellants’ specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by appellants and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we have made
the determinations which follow.
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