Appeal No. 1999-1461 Application No. 08/812,916 For the above stated reasons, we cannot sustain the examiner’s section 103 rejection of claims 1-9 as being unpatentable over Hosokawa in view of Yonekura. The decision of the examiner is reversed. REVERSED Edward C. Kimlin ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) Bradley R. Garris ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) Beverly A. Pawlikowski ) Administrative Patent Judge ) BRG:tdl Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch P.O. Box 747 Falls Church, VA 22040-0747 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6Last modified: November 3, 2007