Appeal No. 2004-0941
Application No. 09/180,901
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper
No. 23), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can
be found in the main and reply briefs (Paper Nos. 22 and 26).
In the main brief (page 4), appellant states that claims 9,
13, and 16 stand or fall together and that claims 17 through 19
stand or fall together. In light of the above, we select for
review, infra, claim 9 of the first claim grouping and claim 17
of the second claim grouping, with the remaining claim(s) of each
grouping standing or falling with the selected claim of the
grouping.
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this
appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
appellant’s specification and claims, the applied teachings,2 and
2 In our evaluation of the applied prior art, we have
considered all of the disclosure of each document for what it
would have fairly taught one of ordinary skill in the art. See
In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965, 148 USPQ 507, 510 (CCPA 1966).
Additionally, this panel of the board has taken into account not
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