Appeal No. 2001-0109 Application 08/871,898 Claims 2, 4 through 6, and 8 through 16 also require the limitation of “a lip lies stretched over the outer surface of the plug” based on their dependency upon claim 1. In view of the foregoing, we will not sustain the decision of the Examiner rejecting claim 1 and dependent claims 2, 4 throug 6, and 8 through 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. REVERSED MICHAEL R. FLEMING ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) PARSHOTAM S. LALL ) Administrative Patent Judge ) MRF:pgg 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007