Appeal No. 1996-0841 Application No. 07/928,443 Matsuura et al. (Matsuura) Re. 33,980 Jun. 30, 1992 Smith et al. (Smith) 1 562 623 Mar. 12, 1980 (Published Great Britain Patent Application) Micheli et al. (Micheli), “Tin Oxide Gas Sensing Microsensors From Metallo-Organic Deposited (MOD) Thin Films,” Ceram. Eng. Sci. Proc., Vol. 8, pp 1095-1105 (1987). The appealed claims stand rejected as follows: (1) Claims 1 through 3, 5 through 24 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Clifford in view of Firth; (2) Claim 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Clifford and Firth as applied to claims 1 through 3, 5 through 24 and 30 above, and further in view of Takahashi; (3) Claims 24 through 28 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Clifford and Firth as applied to claims 1 through 3, 5 through 24 and 30 above, and further in view of Forster; (4) Claim 29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Clifford and Firth as applied to claims 1 through 3, 5 through 24 and 30 above, and further in view of Leary; (5) Claims 31 and 32 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Clifford and Firth as applied to claims 1 through 3, 5 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007