Appeal No. 1998-3016 Application No. 08/568,344 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, 5 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over Thurman is reversed, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, 5 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over Briggs is affirmed, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, and 5 through 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Briggs in view of the general state is affirmed, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 10 through 13 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Briggs in view of the general state is reversed, and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, 5 through 13 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Thurman taken in view of the general state of the art is also reversed. 16Page: Previous 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007