Appeal No. 2002-1677 Page 10 Application No. 08/944,817 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is reversed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 3, 6 to 9 and 14 to 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed; and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 4, 5, 10 and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. In addition, the application has been remanded to the examiner for further consideration. REVERSED; REMANDED IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007