Appeal No. 2005-1220
Application No. 09/270,606 Page 3
We refer to the brief and reply brief and to the answer for
a complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by
appellant and the examiner concerning the issues before us on
this appeal.
OPINION
Having carefully considered each of appellant’s arguments
set forth in the brief and reply brief, appellant has not
persuaded us of reversible error on the part of the examiner.
Since we are in substantially complete agreement with the
examiner’s application of the prior art, as well as the
examiner’s disposition of the arguments and evidence raised by
appellant in the brief, we will affirm the examiner’s rejections
for substantially the reasons set forth in the answer. We add
the following for emphasis.
Appellant furnishes six separate claim groups: (i) claims 1-
3, 5, 6, 10 and 11; (ii) claims 4, 7-9, 12, 16; (iii) claims 13
and 14 and (iv) claims 17-19; (v) claim 15; and (vi) claim 20
(brief, pages 4 and 5). For the four groupings involving more
than one claim, appellant states that the claims of each such
grouping stand or fall together. Consequently, we select claims
1, 4, 13 and 17 as the respective representative claims on which
we shall decide this appeal as to appellant’s claim groups (i)-
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