Appeal No. 95-0423 Application 07/696,859 in claim 45. Summary The rejection of claim 59 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is reversed. The rejection of claims 1-32 and 34-63 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(c) is reversed. The rejection of claims 1, 16, 20, 28, 29, 32 and 43-48 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Ritch ‘296 is reversed as to claims 1, 20, 32 and 45, but is affirmed as to claims 16, 28, 29, 43, 44 and 46-48. The rejection of claims 17-19, 25, 27 and 31 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ritch ‘296 is reversed. The decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART -16-Page: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007