Appeal No. 2002-2223
Application No. 09/475,891
obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art from the combined teachings of the
cited prior art. See In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444
(Fed. Cir. 1992).
CONCLUSION
The rejections of claims 12 to 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combination of Lee and Maniar; claims 15, 16 and 20 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over the combination of Lee and Maniar, as applied to
claims 12 to 14, further in view of Grimbergen; and claim 18 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over the combination of Lee and Maniar, as applied to
claims 12, further in view of Goda are affirmed.
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