Ex parte OMANN - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 2000-0027                                                                                     Page 3                        
                 Application No. 09/072,190                                                                                                             


                 described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably                                                                          
                 convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the appellant,                                                                          
                 at the time the application was filed, had possession of the                                                                           
                 claimed invention.                                                                                                                     


                          Claims 5, 12, 13 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                                                                      
                 103 as being unpatentable over Gaudio in view of Grzybowski.1                                                                          


                          Claims 1 to 3, 6, 8 to 10, 14, 17 and 19 stand rejected                                                                       
                 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gaudio as                                                                             
                 applied to claims 5, 12, 13 and 16 above, and further in view                                                                          
                 of Grzybowski.                                                                                                                         


                          Claims 4, 7, 11, 15 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                                                     
                 § 103 as being unpatentable over Gaudio as applied to claims                                                                           
                 5, 12, 13 and 16 above, and further in view of Bladykas.                                                                               




                          1While the examiner has included Grzybowski in the                                                                            
                 statement of this rejection, Grzybowski has not been relied                                                                            
                 upon in the body of this rejection.  Thus, we consider this                                                                            
                 rejection of claims 5, 12, 13 and 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                                          
                 being based on Gaudio alone.                                                                                                           







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