Appeal No. 2001-2627
Application No. 09/472,658
REFERENCES
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Fernandez-Holmann 5,787,404 Jul. 28, 1998
Simpson 6,070,153 May 30, 2000
(filed Nov. 21, 1997)
REJECTIONS AT ISSUE
Claims 34 through 46 and 50 through 55 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject
matter.
Claims 43 and 44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which Applicant
regards as the invention.
Claims 1 through 22, 25 through 28, 31 through 46 and 50
through 55 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Fernandez-Holmann.
Claims 23 and 56 through 65 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Fernandez-Holmann and Simpson.
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