Appeal No. 2000-1735 Application No. 08/780,930 Since Hashimoto does not teach or suggest the subject matter of independent claim 1, and the other applied references are of no help in providing for Hashimoto’s deficiencies, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 1-7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The examiner’s decision is reversed. REVERSED JAMES D. THOMAS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT ERROL A. KRASS ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) LANCE LEONARD BARRY ) Administrative Patent Judge ) eak/vsh 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007