Appeal No. 96-2127 Application 08/158,054 cleaving operations as well as the rebirthing teachings within Christensen itself. In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1, 3 to 5 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102, as well as the decision to reject claims 2 and 8 to 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are both sustained. As such, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 to 5 and 7 to 11 on the basis of prior art within 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103, is affirmed. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007