Appeal No. 97-4042
Application 08/578,248
In summary:
The rejection of claims 1 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
is affirmed.
The rejection of claims 2, 3 and 13 under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) is reversed.
The rejections of claims 6-8, 11, 12, 16 and 18-20 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 are affirmed.
The rejections of claims 2, 4, 5, 10, 14, 15 and 17 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 are reversed.
New rejections of claims 13, 15 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 have been made.
In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one
or more claims, this decision contains a new ground of
rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec.
1, 1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197
(Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63,
122 (Oct. 21, 1997)). 37 CFR § 1.196(b) provides, “A new
ground of rejection shall not be considered final for purposes
of judicial review.”
Regarding any affirmed rejection, 37 CFR § 1.197(b)
provides:
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