Appeal No. 1998-2475 Page 10 Application No. 08/505,020 conductivity higher than that of said conductive liquid" the rejection of claim 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed based upon the same reasoning we applied to claims 10 and 12, supra. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 10 and 12-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed. REVERSED JAMES D. THOMAS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT KENNETH W. HAIRSTON ) APPEALSPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007