Appeal No. 2005-0216
Application No. 10/157,347
As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has applied the
document specified below:
Farnworth et al 6,235,551 May 22, 2001
(Farnworth) (filed Dec. 31, 1997)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 1 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Farnworth.
The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer mailed
May 4, 2004 while the complete statement of appellant’s argument
can be found in the main brief filed February 23, 2004 and the
reply brief filed July 9, 2004 .
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the anticipation issue raised
in this appeal, this panel of the Board has carefully considered
appellant’s specification and claims, the applied patent and the
respective viewpoints of appellant and the examiner. As a
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