Appeal No. 2000-2207 Application No. 08/968,379 Accordingly, since we are of the opinion that the prior art applied by the Examiner does not support the obviousness rejection, we do not sustain the rejection of independent claims 23, 27, and 38, nor of claims 24-26, 30, 37, 39, 40, 42, and 43 dependent thereon. Therefore, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 23-27, 30, 37-40, 42, and 43 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed. REVERSED LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) MAHSHID D. SAADAT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JFR:hh 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007