Appeal No. 1999-2776 Application No. 08/714,249 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed. However, the decision to reject claims 1, 2, 7 and 8 under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1 and 5 of U.S. Patent No. 5,620,351 is affirmed. Accordingly, the decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part. No period For taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007