Appeal No. 95-0900 Application 07/947,117 11 cure the deficiencies noted above in the Hannen, Matuda and Kistner references. For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the subject matter of claims 6, 7, 10 and 12 would not have been prima facie obvious based on the teachings of Hannen, Matuda and Kistner. Similarly, we conclude that the subject matter of claim 9 and claims 8 and 11 would not have been prima facie obvious based on the teachings of Hannen, Matuda, Kistner and Trouteaud or Uchimura and Heitmann, respectively. Accordingly, the examiner’s rejection of these claims is reversed. REVERSED ) EDWARD C. KIMLIN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT BRADLEY R. GARRIS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) THOMAS WALTZ ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007