Appeal No. 19987-3176 Page 7
Application No. 08/388,788
CONCLUSION
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-12 under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph as being indefinite for failing
to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which applicants regard as invention, to reject claim 1 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Chen, to reject claims
1 and 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chen,
to reject claims 2 and 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Chen in view of Smith, to reject claims 1, 4-10
and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Anno
and to reject claims 1, 2 and 6-11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Weber is reversed.
REVERSED
PAUL LIEBERMAN )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
PETER F. KRATZ ) APPEALS
Administrative Patent Judge ) AND
) INTERFERENCES
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CATHERINE TIMM )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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