Appeal No. 2002-0572 Page 8
Application No. 09/302,584
claim 11 and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been
obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art.
Accordingly, we shall sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claim
11 as being unpatentable over Goshorn in view of Andrews.
We also shall sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of dependent
claims 12-16 as being unpatentable over Goshorn in view of Andrews since appellants
have stated that the appealed claims stand or fall as a group.
Summary
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 11-16 is affirmed.
No period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may
be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED
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