Appeal No. 1998-2939 Application 08/129,077 discussed above, we do not sustain the rejection of claim 16 based on Papamichalis, Parsons and Willems. In summary, we have not sustained either of the examiner’s rejections of the appealed claims. Therefore, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 12-17 is reversed. REVERSED ERROL A. KRASS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) JERRY SMITH ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) Oblon, Spivak, McClelland Maier & Neustadt Fourth Floor 1755 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 JS/ki -9-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Last modified: November 3, 2007