Appeal No. 2001-0040 Application No. 09/037,105 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph is reversed, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 and 10-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is affirmed, and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-4, 6-8, 13 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED KENNETH W. HAIRSTON ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH L. DIXON ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) MAHSHID D. SAADAT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) jld/vsh 13Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007