Appeal No. 1996-3042 Application 08/293,153 The rejections of claims 1-9 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and second paragraphs, and the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-3 and 7-9 over Sievers in view of Nelson, claims 4 and 5 over Sievers in view of Nelson and Minto, and claim 6 over Sievers in view of Nelson, Minto and appellants’ acknowledged prior art on pages 8 and 9 of the specification, are reversed. REVERSED ANDREW H. METZ ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOHN D. SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) TERRY J. OWENS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) TJO/pgg Glenn K Beaton 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007