Appeal No. 2002-1487 Page 12
Application No. 09/404,461
Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir.
1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1
to 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Trott in view of Krause is
reversed.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 3, 5 and 10
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Trott is reversed; the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 4 and 11 to 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
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