Appeal No. 1996-1942 16 Application No. 07/977,834 The rejection of claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Sawai in view of Ozono and further in view of Wolinski is reversed. The rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 6 through 8, 10, 12, and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ruus in view of Ozono is reversed. The rejection of claims 21 through 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ruus in view of Ozono is affirmed. The rejection of claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ruus in view of Ozono and further in view of Wolinski is reversed. The rejection of claims 15 through 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Sawai is affirmed. The rejection of claim 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Sawai is affirmed. The rejection of claim 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Sawai in view of Ruus is affirmed. The rejection of claims 3, 5, 11 and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ruus in view of Ozono and further in view of Dahm is reversed. The rejection of claim 25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ruus in view of Dahm is affirmed.Page: Previous 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007