Appeal No. 1997-3221 Application No. 08/249,241 A time period in which appellants may file an amendment for the purpose stated in § 1.196(c) is hereby set to expire TWO MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DECISION. Summary: We affirm the examiner’s rejection of claims 23 and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Cutting. We reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 26, and 42-49 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Heinemann in view of Puckett, Sun, Schofield and Grenningloh. We reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 23, 24 and 27 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Heinemann in view of Puckett, Sun, Schofield and Grenningloh as applied to claims 1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 26, and 42-49 above, and further in view of Cutting. No time period for taking subsequent action in connection with thisn appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART, 37 CFR § 1.196(c) 80Page: Previous 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007