Appeal No. 1999-1538
Application 08/661,733
a groove or narrow channel. We are thus unpersuaded by the examiner’s reasoning at the
bottom of page 6 of the answer " that the numerous attachment configurations shown in
Ikegame et al, would have led a skilled artisan to have modified the one disclosed in
Narumi" to have effectively arrived at the disputed claimed features of claim 8 on appeal.
Since we reverse the rejection of independent claim 8, the rejection of its
dependent claims 9 and 10 must also fall.
In summary, we have sustained the rejection of claims 5-7 but have reversed the
rejection of claims 8-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Accordingly, the decision of the examiner
rejecting claims 5-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed-in-part.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may
be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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