Ex Parte SKLEDAR et al - Page 13


          Appeal No. 2003-0808                                                        
          Application No. 09/343,334                                                  

               III. the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) of appealed                
                    claims 1 through 4, 6 through 12, 26, and 28 as                   
                    unpatentable over Cupples in view of Wu is affirmed;              
                    and                                                               
               IV. the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) of appealed                 
                    claim 25 as unpatentable over “Cupples [] in view of              
                    Wu [] as applied to claims 1-4, 6-12, 26 and 28 above             
                    and/or claims 1-8, 10-12 and 27 as applied to Sauer []            
                    in view of Wu []above, and further in view of Van Dyck            
                    Fear []” is affirmed.                                             
               The decision of the examiner to reject the appealed claims             
          is therefore affirmed in part.                                              





















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