Appeal No. 2000-0132 Application No. 08/934,791 3) Claims 21 through 25, 27, 31, 44 through 46, 48, 52, 54, 55 and 61 under 35 U.S.C. § 251 as being based on a defective reissue declaration; 4) Claims 21 through 23, 25, 44 and 46 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Hagel and Mikes3; 5) Claims 21 and 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Hagel, Mikes and Schaeffer; 6) Claims 24, 44 and 45 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Hagel, Mikes and Determann; 7) Claims 27, 31, 48 and 52 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Hagel, Mikes, Porath and Ayers; 8) Claims 54 and 61 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Hagel, Mikes, Ayers and Yuki; and 9) Claim 55 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Hagel, Mikes, Ayers, Yuki and Determann. 3 The examiner has inadvertently included cancelled claim 29 in this rejection. Accordingly, we have omitted claim 29 from this rejection. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007