Appeal No. 2004-1153
Application No. 09/927,140
Claims 9, 10 and 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Browning in view of Harley and Koon; and
Claims 11 and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Browning in view of Harley and Robinson.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's commentary
with regard to the above-noted § 103 rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by appellant and the examiner
regarding those rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 5, mailed June 26, 2002) and the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 17, mailed July 29, 2003) for the reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No.
11, filed November 25, 2002) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determination that the above-noted
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