Appeal No. 2001-0534 Page 11 Application No. 09/271,626 these two steps were inherent is not supported by the teachings of the applied prior art. Since the subject matter of claim 8 is not suggested by the applied prior art for the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. REVERSED IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT NEAL E. ABRAMS ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007