Appeal No. 2001-2225
Application 09/265,647
Claims 5 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Lee in view of McAdams, and further in view of
Kugler.
Claims 8-11 and 30-33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Lee.
For the full details of these rejections, reference is
made to the Final Rejection, Paper No. 5.
For a response to these rejections by the appellant,
reference is made to the Appeal Brief, Paper No. 8.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the claims on appeal in
light of the arguments of the appellant and the examiner. As a
result of this review we have determined that claims 1-3, and 6
lack novelty over the applied prior art, and that claims 7-11
are prima facie obvious in view thereof. Appellant has not
rebutted this prima facie obviousness with addition evidence.
Accordingly, the rejections of claim 1-3 and 6-11 are affirmed.
It is our further finding that claims 23-25 and 28 are not
anticipated by the applied prior art. We have also concluded
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