Appeal No. 2004-1331 Page 3
Application No. 09/812,664
Claim 67 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Handbook, Stratford and Barry.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 26, mailed March 19, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 24, filed November 18, 2003) and
reply brief (Paper No. 28, filed March 29, 2004) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
The indefiniteness rejection
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 57 to 72 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph.
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