Appeal No. 2001-1343
Application No. 08/965,818
77 (see In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 590, 18 USPQ2d 1089, 1091
(Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Wood, 582 F.2d 638, 642, 199 USPQ 137,
140 (CCPA 1978)). Therefore, we also shall sustain the
standing 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejections of claims 83, 85, 86, 95,
99, 100, 104, 105 and 109 through 111 as being unpatentable
over Bernard in view of Thompson, and of claims 81, 82, 90,
91, 107 and 108 as being unpatentable over Bernard in view of
Thompson and Coyle.
SUMMARY
The decision of the examiner:
a) to reject claims 95 through 98 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, is affirmed;
b) to reject claims 77 through 112 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, is affirmed with respect to claims 77 through
85, 91 through 94 and 99 through 112, and reversed with
respect to claims 86 through 90 and 95 through 98;
c) to reject claims 77, 83, 85, 86, 95, 99, 100, 104, 105
and 109 through 111 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Bernard in view of Thompson is affirmed; and
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