Appeal No. 1997-4443 Application No. 08/246,019 We must agree with the examiner’s understanding of the applied art. Appellants have not submitted sufficient evidence to overcome the prima facie case. Summary We affirm the rejection of claims 1-9 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Gerow, Yasumatsu, Grumitt, and Canadian Patent 621,638. We affirm the rejection of claims 1-9 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Gerow, Yasumatsu, Grummit and Canadian Patent 621,638, taken with appellants’ disclosure found on page 1, at lines 8-20 of the specification. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED JOHN D. SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT EDWARD C. KIMLIN ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) BEVERLY A. PAWLIKOWSKI ) Administrative Patent Judge ) SLD 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007