Appeal No. 2002-1145 Page 6 Application No. 09/335,471 For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 12, and claim 13 dependent thereon, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.4 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 12 and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. REVERSED CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JEFFREY V. NASE ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JENNIFER D. BAHR ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 4 We have also reviewed the reference to Picot additionally applied in the rejection of claim 13 (dependent on claim 12) but find nothing therein which makes up for the deficiencies of the AAPA and Kellogg discussed above regarding claim 12.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007