Ex Parte Likourezos et al - Page 19

            Appeal 2007-2742                                                                                 
            Application 09/764,618                                                                           

        1       Independent Claim 30 and Dependent Claims 29 and 31                                          
        2       Appellants separately argue claims 29-31.  Claim 30 is a broader form of claim               
        3   21 and claims 29 and 31 each add the limitation of lack of intervention in payment               
        4   to claims 28 and 30 respectively.  All of these limitations were contended in claims             
        5   21 and our findings as to those contentions are the same as we made in claims 1                  
        6   and 21, supra.                                                                                   
        7       The Appellants have not sustained their burden of showing that the Examiner                  
        8   erred in rejecting claims 1-31 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over                     
        9   Bogosian and Hambrecht.                                                                          
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       11                               CONCLUSIONS OF LAW                                                   
       12       The Appellants have not sustained their burden of showing that the Examiner                  
       13   erred in rejecting claims 1-31 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the                 
       14   prior art.                                                                                       
       15       On this record, the Appellants are not entitled to a patent containing claims 1-             
       16   31.                                                                                              












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