Appeal No. 2006-1734
Application 09/855,624
Claims 10 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Aziz. Claims 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Aziz in view
of Crowle.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner,
reference is made to the brief and reply brief for appellants’ positions, and to
the answer for the examiner’s positions.
OPINION
For the reasons set forth by the examiner in the answer, as expanded
upon here, we sustain the respective rejections of the identified claims under
35 U.S.C. § 102 and 35 U.S.C. § 103.
For their part, appellants appear to argue in the main brief on appeal
principally the subject matter of independent claim 10 rejected within
35 U.S.C. § 102. The arguments in the second stated rejection of
independent claim 15 at pages 6 and 7 of the principal brief on appeal do not
argue against the combinability of Crowle with Aziz within 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. Generally, appellants apply the arguments of independent claim 10 to
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