Appeal No. 2004-1333
Application 09/969,190
Claims 2 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Wynne in view of Luetkens.
Claims 10 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Wynne alone.
Claims 14 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Wynne in view of Buckley.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with respect to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 16, mailed November 25, 2003) for the reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No.
15, filed October 23, 2003) for the arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Preliminary to discussing the rejections on appeal, we note
that on page 7 of the brief appellants have indicated that claims
1, 20 and 21 are independent and do not stand or fall together.
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