Ex Parte WALL et al - Page 4


         Appeal No. 2001-0130                                                       
         Application No. 09/050,491                                                 

         Park                    4,664,942               May 12, 1987             
              (Park ‘942)                                                           
         Reddy et al.             5,869,134               Feb. 9, 1999             
              (Reddy)                           (filed Jun. 21, 1996)             

              The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:                        
              I.        claims 9 and 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second               
                        paragraph, as indefinite (examiner’s answer of              
                        Apr. 20, 2000, paper 10, page 3);                           
              II.       claims 1 through 3, 5 through 16, 18, 19, 21, 22,           
                        30, 32 through 42, 44, 45, and 47 under 35 U.S.C.           
                        § 102(b) as anticipated by Park ‘942 (id. at page           
                        4);                                                         
              III.      claims 1 through 3, 5 through 11, 14, 16, 18                
                        through 22, 30, 32 through 37, 40, 42, and 44               
                        through 47 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                      
                        anticipated by Park ‘095 (id. at pages 4-5);                
              IV.       claims 4 and 31 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                 
                        unpatentable over Park ‘942 or Park ‘095, each in           
                        view of Reddy (id. at page 5); and                          
              V.        claims 15, 17, 41, and 43 under 35 U.S.C. §                 
                        103(a) as unpatentable over Park ‘095 (id. at               
                        page 6).                                                    



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