Appeal No. 2002-0526
Application No. 09/141,515
Grounds of Rejection
Claims 1-22 and 24-38 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103
as obvious over Clarke in combination with Ramin.
Claim 23 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as obvious
over Clarke and Ramin in further view of Commander.
We affirm the rejection of claim 23, vacate the rejection of
claims 1-22 and 24-38 under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 and remand the
application to the examiner for reconsideration of the issues
discussed herein.
DISCUSSION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given consideration to the
appellant=s specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the noted rejection, we make reference to the examiner's
Answer for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the appellant=s
Brief and Reply Brief for the appellant=s arguments thereagainst. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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