Appeal No. 1997-4452 Application No. 08/653,978 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claims 1, 6, 11, 16 and 24, and of dependent claims 2-5, 7-10, 12-14, 17- 23 and 25-31. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is reversed, and the decision to reject claims 1-14 and 16-31 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed . REVERSED JERRY SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH L. DIXON ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) ERIC FRAHM ) Administrative Patent Judge ) vsh 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007