Appeal No. 2000-0950 Page 8 Application No. 08/925,247 at the time the invention was made to a person of ordinary skill in the art from the combined teachings of Ashrafi and Sakai. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is reversed and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 2 and 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. REVERSED IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT NEAL E. ABRAMS ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007