Appeal No. 2001-0106
Application 08/855,811
Rejection (F) Claims 1, 3, and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Bruder in view of either Pleuddemann or Hahn.
Rejection (G) Claims 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Thomson in view of Hahn.
Rejection (H) Claims 6 and 7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over Iliou in view of Thomson further in view of Hahn.
Rejection (I) Claims 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Bruder in view of Thomson further in view of Hahn.
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We reverse the §102/§103 rejections over the individually applied references
(contained in Rejections A and B above), affirm the §103 rejections as stated in
Rejections C, D, E, F, H, and I over the combinations of references, reverse the §103
rejection as stated in Rejection G over the combination of references, and make two
new grounds of rejection (Rejection J and Rejection K) under 37 C.F.R. 1.196(b).
THE ISSUES
The core issues presented for review are:
I) Whether the examiner erred in rejecting claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10
as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) or §103 over Thomson,
Pleuddemann, or Hahn (each individually, as applied to the particular
claims recited above).
II) Whether the Examiner erred in rejecting claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and
10 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §103 over the combinations of
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