Appeal No. 98-2352 Application 08/245,870 through 3, 6 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) as anticipated by, or in the alternative under 35 U.S.C. §103 as obvious over, Smidt and the rejection of claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on Smidt in view of Sammaratano. The examiner’s rejections of claims 4 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based respectively on Smidt in view of Marras and Smidt in view of Boren have not been sustained. In accordance with the foregoing, the decision of the examiner is affirmed-in- part. 14Page: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007