SMITH, Judge.
The appealed claims stand rejected by the examiner on two grounds which were affirmed by the board: (1) "double patenting," and (2) obviousness of the appealed claims in view of the prior art reference of record. Our disposition of this appeal requires that we consider only the rejection based on "double patenting."
A statement of the subject matter defined by the appealed claims is set forth in appellant's brief:
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