Appeal No. 1997-3264 Application 08/501,769 The rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) of claims 1-4 over Valimont and claims 1 and 3 over Stebbins or Evans, and the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-6 over Valimont in view of Bungay and claims 1-4 and 7 over JP ‘217 in view of Valimont, are reversed. REVERSED ) EDWARD C. KIMLIN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT CHUNG K. PAK ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) TERRY J. OWENS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007