Ex Parte SCHNIER - Page 4



             Appeal No. 2006-0979                                                                              
             Application No. 08/818,185                                                                        


                                                 OPINION                                                       


             We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the                                    

             rejections advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied                        

             upon by the examiner as support for the rejections.  We have, likewise,                           

             reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, the                              

             appellant’s arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s                            

             rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal set forth in                     

             the examiner’s answer.  Only those arguments actually made by appellant                           

             have been considered in this decision.  Arguments which appellant could                           

             have made but chose not to make in the brief have not been considered and                         

             are deemed to be waived.  See 37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (2004).  See also                         

             In re Watts, 354 F.3d 1362, 1368, 69 USPQ2d 1453, 1458 (Fed. Cir. 2004).                          

                   It is our view, after consideration of the record before us, that the                       

             evidence relied upon by the examiner does not support the examiner’s                              

             rejection of claims 1-9, 11, 15-36 and 39.  Accordingly, we reverse.                              












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