Appeal No. 97-0124 Application No. 08/273,672 applied prior art, we also cannot sustain the Examiner’s rejection of claims 7/5 and 10/2 which depend therefrom. In conclusion, we have not sustained the rejection of claims 4-9 under 35 U.S.C. § 112 nor the rejection of claims 2, 5, 7/5, and 10/2 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, but we have sustained the rejection of claims 1, 4, 7/4, 8, 9, and 10/1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). Accordingly, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1, 2, and 4-10 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 JERRY SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT MICHAEL R. FLEMING ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) jrg 13Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007