Appeal No. 1996-3846 Application No. 08/251,649 the invention as recited in claim 37 based upon the examiner’s statement of the basis of the rejection as recited in the supplemental answer. Therefore, we cannot sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 37 based upon 35 U.S.C. § 102. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed, and the decision of the examiner to reject claim 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is reversed. REVERSED JERRY SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LEE E. BARRETT ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JOSEPH L. DIXON ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007