Appeal No. 2000-0909 Application No. 08/784,752 the carrier path length by equal and opposite amounts before and after passing through the transfer station. Accordingly, we cannot sustain the examiner's rejection of appealed claims 8 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 27 through 34 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 through 11, 15 through 19, 27 through 29, 31, 32 and 34 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claim 33 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is affirmed; and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 8 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. 16Page: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007