Appeal 2007-0223
Application 09/752,090
THE REFERENCES
Aycock US 5,765,138 Jun. 9, 1998
Gervais US 6,381,579 B1 Apr. 30, 2002
(filed Jun. 17, 1999)
THE REJECTION
Claims 44-79 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over Aycock and Gervais.
DISCUSSION
Claim groupings
Appellants argue the following groups of claims separately, where the
claims in each group stand or fall together:
Group 1 - Claims 44, 55, and 66
Group 2 - Claims 77-79
Group 3 - Claims 45, 56, and 67
Group 4 - Claims 47, 58, and 69
Group 5 - Claims 50, 51, 61, 62, 72, and 73
Group 6 - Claims 52, 63, and 74
Group 7 - Claims 53, 64, and 75
One of method claims 44-54 and 77 is analyzed as representative of
the claims in each group. Claims 46, 48, 49, 54, 57, 59, 60, 65, 68, 70, 71,
and 76 are not argued separately. Therefore, claims 48, 49, 59, 60, 70, and
71 are grouped with the claims in Group 1; claims 46, 57, and 68 are
grouped with the claims in Group 3, claims 54, 65, and 76 are grouped with
the claims in Group 4.
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