Appeal No. 2003-2154
Application No. 09/735,895 Page 4
Claims 1, 4, 5, 7-15, 19-24, 35 and 39-44 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Gammel in
view of Blaustein and Devir.1
We refer to the brief and reply brief and to the answer for
a complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by
appellants and the examiner concerning the issues before us on
this appeal.
OPINION
Having carefully considered each of appellants* arguments
set forth in the brief and reply brief, appellants have not
persuaded us of reversible error on the part of the examiner.
Accordingly, we will affirm the examiner’s rejection for
substantially the reasons set forth by the examiner in the
answer. We add the following for emphasis.
Appellants proceed with this appeal while conceding that the
claims depending from independent claim 1 stand together
therewith. See page 5 of the brief. Moreover, appellants note
that independent claims 15 and 35 stand together and with the
claims depending therefrom either being acknowledged as standing
1 While the examiner rejects claims 15, 19-24, 35 and 39-44
separately from claims 1, 4, 5 and 7-14, the same prior art is
relied upon. Thus, all of the pending claims stand rejected
under § 103(a) over Gammel, Blaustein and Devir.
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