Appeal No. 1999-1925
Application No. 08/649,887
overlaps the claimed range and, therefore, renders the claimed
range obvious. See In re Malagari, 499 F.2d 1297, 182 USPQ 549
(CCPA 1974).
Lastly, appellants argue (Brief, page 10) that de Vrijer
provides no motivation for using an elongated arc tube. We
have already determined above that Mathews suggests such shape
with de Vrijer merely being cumulative. Accordingly, as we are
unpersuaded of any error in the examiner's rejection of claims
9, 11 through 18, and 20, we will sustain the rejection
thereof.
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