Appeal No. 1997-2515 Application No. 08/221,767 Accordingly, we reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 21 and 26-29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Simonet; claims 1, 5, 6, 21, 24 and 26-29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Smith in view of Simonet and Mukaida; claims 1, 5, 7, 21, 23 and 25-29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Smith in view of Simonet and Finch; and claims 1, 5, 8, 21, 23 and 26-29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Smith in view of Simonet and Matsushima. REVERSED ) Sherman D. Winters ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT William F. Smith ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) ) INTERFERENCES Donald E. Adams ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007