Appeal No. 96-0473 Application No. 08/082,727 For these reasons, we do not sustain any of the examiner’s rejections of claims 1-7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over any combination based on Wellman and Crystal. CONCLUSION To summarize, (I) the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2 and 5 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wellman in view of Crystal is reversed, (II) the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2 and 4 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wellman in view of Crystal and further in view of Azar is reversed, and (III) the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wellman in view of Crystal further in view of Azar and further in view of Sawai is reversed. REVERSED ANDREW H. METZ ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007