Appeal No. 94-2097 Application 07/875,630 obviousness-type double patenting over the claims in application Serial No. 08/009,353; (2) whether the examiner erred in rejecting all of the appealed claims under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting over the claims in U.S. Patent No. 5,019,382; and (3) whether the examiner erred in rejecting all of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Hasegawa or Tompkins. DELIBERATIONS Our deliberations in this matter have included evaluation and review of the following materials: (1) the instant specification, including all of the claims on appeal; (2) appellant's Brief before the Board; (3) the Examiner's Answer; (4) the prior art references cited and relied on by the examiner; (5) the Stewart Declaration, filed under the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.132, executed March 20, 1993; (6) the Cummins Declaration, filed under the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.132, executed March 19, 1993; and (7) the decision, adhered to on reconsideration, by another merits panel of this Board in parent application Serial No. 07/044,317 (Appeal No. 90-3336). -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007