Appeal No. 1998-1937 Application No. 08/518,509 As to the standing § 103 rejection of claim 5, the tertiary Ferris reference additionally applied in this rejection does not render obvious what we have found to be lacking in the combined teachings of Carson and Holmes. Accordingly, we also shall not sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 5. The decision of the examiner is reversed. REVERSED ) IAN A. CALVERT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) LJS:hh 12Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007