Appeal No. 1999-0647 Page 9 Application No. 08/683,411 To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 4, 5 and 20-23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. However, the application is remanded to the examiner to consider the patentability of the claims in light of the Palmere patent, as discussed above, and to take any appropriate action. REVERSED and REMANDED IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT WILLIAM F. PATE ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JENNIFER D. BAHR ) Administrative Patent Judge ) jdb/kiPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007