Appeal No. 2004-2085
Application 09/272,542
Claims 1, 2, 4, 6-11, 14-25, 27-32, 35, 36, 40, 55-58,
65-72, and 74-78 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Harrington.
Claims 3, 5, 12, 13, 26, and 73 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Harrington and
Silverman.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 30) and the
examiner's answer (Paper No. 36) (pages referred to as "EA__")
for a statement of the examiner's rejection, and to the brief
(Paper No. 35) (pages referred to as "Br__") and reply brief
(Paper No. 37) (pages referred to as "RBr__") for a statement of
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Grouping of claims
Appellants group the claims as follows for purposes of this
appeal (Br9):
Group I: claims 33-39
Group II: claims 1, 4-6, 9, 10, 13, 24-32, and 73-752
Group III: claim 2
Group IV: claim 3
Group V: claims 7, 8, 11, 12, and 76
Group VI: claims 14-23
Group VII: claims 40 and 65-70
Group VIII: claims 55-58
Group IX: claims 71, 72, 77, and 78
Group X: claim 64.
2 Appellants do not include claim 74 in any of the
groupings. The claim most logically fits in this group.
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