Appeal No. 2002-2340
Application 08/886,666
already recognized by the examiner and appellants to be taught by
Brody as well, and because the examiner's position at the bottom
of page 4 and the top of page 5 of the answer that appellants'
own disclosure discloses the equivalence of using adhesive and
clips at lines 4 and 5 of page 21 of the specification as filed,
we find the examiner's position to be well-taken. It is thus
apparent to us then that appellants' statement at page 7 of the
brief that the use of clips to attach one member to another is
generally known in the art but not in the claimed combination is
misplaced because appellants' own disclosure recognizes the
equivalence of adhesive tape and clips in the art in question.
Adhesive tape and clips both readily permit easy detachability.
As a final matter, we note that any claim on appeal not
specifically discussed by us in this opinion has no argument
expressly associated with it by appellants in the brief and
therefore falls with its parent independent claims 77 or 137.
Since we have sustained each of the four separately stated
rejections by the examiner of the claims on appeal, the decision
of the examiner is affirmed.
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