Appeal No. 2002-1523 Application 09/524,811 art, or any viable line of reasoning as to why such artisan would have otherwise found the claimed subject matter to have been obvious in light of the teachings of the applied Arnold patent, we must refuse to sustain the examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). Accordingly, the decision of the examiner is reversed. REVERSED NEAL E. ABRAMS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) Administrative Patent Judge ) CEF:psb 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007