Appeal No. 95-4632
Application No. 08/184,675
§ 103 if the independent claims from which they depend are nonobvious. In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071,
1074, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988).
For these reasons, we do not sustain any of the examiner's rejections of claims 1-18 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over any combination based on Pebler.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, (1) the rejection of claims 1, 2, 6-9 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Pebler in view of Vest and Chen is reversed, (2) the rejection of claims 3-4, 10, 11,
13, 15 and 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pebler in view of Vest and Chen as
applied to claims 1, 2, 6-9 and 14 above, and further in view of Nanao is reversed, and (3) the
rejection of claims 5 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pebler in view of Vest
and Chen as applied to claims 1, 2, 6-9 and 14 above, and further in view of Matsuki and Nonaka is
reversed.
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