Appeal No. 2000-0427 Application No. 08/773,173 sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 18 and 27-29 over Dockery in view of the admitted prior art and Emmons. In summary, we have sustained under 35 U.S.C. § 103 the rejection of claims 1, 7, 10, 18, 27-35, and 40-45, while we have not sustained the rejection of claims 5, 16, and 39. Accordingly, the decision of the examiner under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed-in-part. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART Parshotam S. Lall ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) Joseph L. Dixon ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) Lance Leonard Barry ) Administrative Patent Judge ) PSL:tdl 12Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007