Appeal No. 2000-1347 Application No. 08/740,283 SUMMARY The decision of the examiner: a) to finally reject claim 8 is assumed to have been withdrawn by the examiner sua sponte; and b) to finally reject claims 1 through 7 and 9 through 16 is reversed. REVERSED ) CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) JOHN P. McQUADE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JPM:hh 12Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007