Appeal No. 2004-0468
Application 09/754,555
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the
Appellants’ briefs, and to the Examiner’s Answer for the
respective details thereof.1
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner’s rejections and the arguments of the
Appellants and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
affirm the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, 6-10, and 12-15
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Appellants have indicated that for purposes of this appeal
the claims stand or fall together in a single grouping. See page
5 of the brief. Appellants have fully met the requirements of
37 CFR § 1.192 (c)(7) (July 1, 2002) as amended at 62 Fed. Reg.
53169 (October 10, 1997), which was controlling at the time of
Appellants’ filing of the brief. 37 CFR § 1.192 (c)(7) states:
Grouping of claims. For each ground of
rejection which appellant contests and which
applies to a group of two or more claims, the
Board shall select a single claim from the
group and shall decide the appeal as to the
1 Appellants filed an appeal brief on June 4, 2003. Appellants
filed a reply brief on July 28, 2003. The Examiner mailed out an
Examiner’s Answer on July 11, 2003.
3
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