Appeal No. 1999-1146
Application 08/284,129
(2) Claim 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the combined
disclosures of Sawada, Ronman, and Giovannella;
(3) Claims 16, 18, and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Ronman,
considered alone or considered in combination with Giovannella;
(4) Claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Ronman; and
(5) All of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and second paragraphs,
as based on a non-enabling disclosure and as indefinite.
DISPOSITION
On consideration of the record, we find that the examiner's rejections have little
merit. For the reasons succinctly stated in applicants' Appeal Brief and Reply Brief, we
shall not sustain any of the prior art or non-prior art rejections. The examiner's decision,
rejecting claims 1, 3 through 6, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, and 24, is reversed.
The examiner’s decision is reversed.
REVERSED
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Sherman D. Winters )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
William F. Smith )
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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Donald E. Adams )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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