Appeal No. 2004-1128
Application No. 10/099,121
Claims 2 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Archive97 in view of Kahle, Fehskens, Shnelvar,
and Wlaschin.
Claims 5 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Archive97 in view of Kahle, Fehskens, and
Kisor.
Claims 7 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Archive97 in view of Kahle, Fehskens,
Eisenberg, and Morris.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 10,
mailed July 11, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the appellant's Brief (Paper
No. 8, filed May 21, 2003) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 14, filed
March 4, 2004) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We note that appellant indicates on page 3 of the Brief that
claims 2 and 9 and claims 7 and 14 do not stand or fall with the
rest of the claims. In accordance with this indication,
appellant provides separate arguments regarding the additional
references applied against claims 2 and 9 and claims 7 and 14.
However, appellant further indicates on page 2 of the Reply Brief
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