Appeal No. 2003-1188
Application No. 09/987,374
simultaneously is different from the structural properties of the coils in Aoki regardless of
how the Aoki coils are formed. Therefore, we find that the examiner has established a
clear prima facie case of obviousness which case has not been persuasively rebutted
by appellants.
We now consider the rejection of claims 2-5 based on Aoki, Baldwin and Rabe.
We note that appellants have not separately argued this rejection, but have indicated,
instead, that these claims stand or fall with claim 1 [brief, page 3]. Since we find that
the examiner has established a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to these
claims, and since appellants have offered no additional arguments in rebuttal, we
sustain the rejection of these claims for the same reasons discussed above with respect
to claim 1.
In summary, we have sustained each of the examiner’s rejections of the claims
on appeal. Therefore, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1-5 is affirmed.
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