Appeal No. 2005-2505
Application 09/740,277
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner’s rejections and the arguments of the
Appellants and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
affirm the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-49 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
Appellants have indicated that for purposes of this appeal
the claims stand or fall together in two groupings:
Claims 1-17, 27-32, 40-41, and 47-49 as Group I; and
Claims 18-26, 33-39, and 42-46 as Group II.
See page 4 of the brief. However, Appellants argue three
groups of claims separately and explain why the claims of each
group are believed to be separately patentable. See pages 4-10
of the brief. We will, thereby, consider Appellants’ claims as
standing or falling together in the three groups noted below, and
we will treat:
Claim 1 as a representative claim of Group I (claims 1-17,
27-32, and 40-41); and
Claim 47 as a representative claim of Group II (claims 47-
49).
No claim is selected a representative claim of Group III
(claims 18-26, 33-39, and 42-46).
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