Appeal No. 2004-0140
Application No. 10/154,729
not entitled under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to the benefit of the earlier filing date of this
provisional application.
We affirm the Examiner’s §§ 102 and 103 rejections since the claims on
appeal are not entitled under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to the benefit of the earlier filing date
of this provisional application and Appellants have failed to otherwise address the
§§ 102 and 103 rejections. The rejections of claims 27 to 32 and 34 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Kulkarni; and claims 27 to 34 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious over the combination of Kulkarni and Shimomuki are affirmed.
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