Appeal No. 1997-3529 Page 8 Application No. 08/463,939 CONCLUSION The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under § 103 as being unpatentable over Gro$ (German Patent No. 654,470) and to reject claims 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Norton in view of Neely and Brown is reversed. REVERSED EDWARD C. KIMLIN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT CHUNG K. PAK ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) PETER F. KRATZ ) Administrative Patent Judge ) PFK/sldPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007