Appeal No. 2001-0065
Application 09/048,289
13, 6, 18 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ahs with Mannbro,
is affirmed. The rejection of Claim 14 in its entirety is vacated.
The rejection of Claim 2 under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ahs
in view of Mannbro, further in view of Prough, is affirmed.
The rejection of Claims 5 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Ahs with or without Mannbro, and further in view of Canadian Patent 2,132,056 or
Admitted Prior Art (Finnish Patent 924,805) is affirmed. The rejection of claims 6, 7, 8,
11, 12, and 19 is reversed.
The rejection of Claims 9, 10 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Mannbro with or without Ahs, further in view of Prough is reversed.
The rejection of Claims 21-24 under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Ahs with or without Mannbro, with or without Prough, further in view of Canadian
Patent 2,132,056 or Admitted Prior Art (Finnish Patent 924,805) is reversed.
Time Period for Response
In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one or more claims, this
decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended
effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10, 1997),
1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)). 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
provides, “A new ground of rejection shall not be considered final for purposes of judicial
review.”
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