Appeal No. 2005-1002
Application No. 09/991,247
Michelson 5,860,973 Jan. 19, 1999
(Michelson ‘973)
Boyce et al. 5,899,939 May 04, 1999
(Boyce ‘939)
Boyce et al. 6,294,187 Sep. 25, 2001
(Boyce ‘187)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3, 5 through 16, 18, 23 through 49, 55
through 78 and 84 through 88 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Michelson ‘973 in view of
Boyce ‘187.
Claims 17, 50 and 79 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Michelson ‘973 in view of Boyce ‘187
and Boyce ‘939.
Claims 19 through 22, 51 through 54 and 80 through 83 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Michelson ‘973 in view of Boyce ‘187 and Michelson ‘437.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (filed
August 04, 2004 and January 04, 2005) and answer (mailed November
04, 2004) for the respective positions of the appellant and
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
Since the appellant, stating that “[t]he claims stand or
fall together” (main brief, page 5), does not argue separately
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