Ex Parte BLALOCK et al - Page 13



          Appeal No. 2000-1003                                                        
          Application No. 08/631,465                                                  
          under section 103 as in the rejection here at issue.  Symbol                
          Techs., Inc. v. Opticon, Inc., 935 F.2d 1569, 1578, 19 USPQ2d               
          1241, 1247 (Fed. Cir. 1991).                                                
               For the reasons set forth above, we will sustain the section           
          103 rejection based on Mosely, Barnes, Hoshino, Ito, Bowen and              
          Shiraishi as applied to claims 21 and 33 but not as applied to              
          claims 9-11, 14, 19, 26, 28 and 31.                                         
                                     Conclusion                                       
               The decision of the examiner 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                                    

                    Bradley R. Garris               )                                 
               Administrative Patent Judge     )                                      
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                         Thomas A. Waltz                 ) BOARD OF PATENT            
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               Jeffrey T. Smith              )                                        
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          BRG:tdl                                                                     
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