Appeal No. 1999-1491 Application No. 08/386,670 The rejection of claim 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over Ledesma in view of Deck as applied to claim 5 and further in view of Emelien is affirmed. The rejection of claim 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over Ledesma in view of Deck as applied to claim 1 and further in view of Mueller is affirmed. The rejection of claims 8 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over Ledesma in view of Deck as applied to claim 1 and further in view of Kelly is affirmed. The rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over Ledesma in view of Ledesma in view of Deck and further in view of Solin is affirmed. The rejection of claims 11 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over Ledesma in view of Deck as applied to claim 1 above and further in view of Solin is reversed. 18Page: Previous 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007