Appeal No. 2004-0146
Application 09/851,911
Claims 1, 3, 4, 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over Ellis.
Claims 11, 12 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Ellis.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Ellis in view of Berger.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
regarding those rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 13, mailed April 2, 2003) for the reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellant’s brief (Paper
No. 12, filed March 26, 2003) and reply brief (Paper No. 15,
filed June 4, 2003) for the arguments thereagainst.
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