Appeal No. 2001-1570 Application No. 09/081,393 CONCLUSION In view of the foregoing, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claim 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 112 is affirmed, but reversed with respect to the rejection of claims 1-8, 10-12, 14- 17 and 21-30 under 35 U.S.C. § 102. 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 JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) MAHSHID D. SAADAT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) MDS/ki 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007