Appeal No. 1998-2916
Application No. 08/606,975
For the above reason, since all of the limitations of
representative independent claim 8 are not taught or suggested
by the prior art, the Examiner has not established a prima
facie case of obviousness. Accordingly, the Examiner’s
35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claim 8, as well as
claims 9-15 dependent thereon, is not sustained.
In summary, we have not sustained the Examiner’s
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection of claims 1-6.
With respect to the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of
the appealed claims, we have sustained the rejection of claims
1-6 and 16, but
have not sustained the rejection of claims 8-15. Therefore,
the Examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1-6 and 8-16 is
affirmed-in-part.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR
§ 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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