Appeal No. 2006-0181
Application No. 10/103,262
The examiner has rejected, inter alia, claims 1 through 3,
5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 19, 20 and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Croft2, Chang3 and
Bothe4. To substantiate these rejections, the examiner must
satisfy the three basic criteria set forth in the Manual of
Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 706.02(j)(8th Ed., Rev. 1,
Aug. 2001). One of these three basic criteria is that “the prior
art reference (or references when combined) must teach or suggest
all the claim limitations.” However, the examiner has not
2 U.S. Patent 6,074,677 issued to Croft on June 13, 2000.
3 U.S. Patent 6,790,524 B2 issued to Chang et al. on
September 14, 2004 (filed on August 2, 2001).
4 U.S. Patent 4,883,698 issued to Bothe et al. On Novemeber
28, 1989.
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