Appeal No. 1999-0166 Application No. 08/656,544 Accordingly, since we are of the opinion that the prior art applied by the Examiner does not support the obviousness rejection, we do not sustain the rejection of independent claim 1 and 9, nor of claims 3-8 dependent thereon. Therefore, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1 and 3-9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. REVERSED JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LANCE LEONARD BARRY ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) STUART S. LEVY ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JFR:hh 12Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007