Appeal No. 2001-2238 Application 09/387,204 claims 18-20, 22 and 23. Although dependent claim 21 has been rejected using the additional teachings of Higuchi, Higuchi does not overcome the deficiencies in the rejection noted above. Therefore, we also do not sustain the rejection of claim 21. In summary, we have not sustained either of the rejections made by the examiner. Therefore, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 17-23 is reversed. REVERSED ERROL A. KRASS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) JERRY SMITH ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) MICHAEL R. FLEMING ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JS/ki -8-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007