Appeal No. 2001-1916 Page 7
Application No. 09/189,551
(4) after making the above-noted three determinations, determine if any pending claim
is either (i) anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102 by the admitted prior art discussed on
page 2 of the specification and page 15 of the brief, or (ii) rendered obvious under
35 U.S.C. § 103 when that admitted prior art is combined with other prior art.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 5, 9 to 14, 41,
42, 47, 48, 59 to 62 and 68 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. In addition, the
application has been remanded to the examiner for further consideration.
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