Appeal No. 2003-1419
Application No. 09/001,199
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1, 3-9 and 13-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Boyce in view of Matthews. Claims 2 and 10-12 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Boyce in view of
Matthews and Kim.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections
advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the
examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s arguments set forth
in the briefs1 along with the examiner’s rationale in support of the rejections and
arguments in rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on appeal, the
examiner’s rejections and the arguments of appellant and examiner, for the
reasons stated infra, we reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-28 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
1 This decision is based upon the Appeal Brief received August 21, 2002 and the Reply
Brief received January 13, 2003.
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