Appeal No. 96-3628 Application 08/050,029 fiber optic networks and the examiner has convinced us of none. We have sustained the rejection of claim 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, but we have not sustained the rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Accordingly, the examiner’s decision is affirmed-in part. No period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART ERROL A. KRASS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) JOHN C. MARTIN ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) MICHAEL R. FLEMING ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007