Appeal No. 2002-1717 Page 13 Application No. 09/089,153 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schofield et al. in view of Gauthier is affirmed with respect to claim 1 and reversed with respect to claims 2-9. 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 LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT STUART S. LEVY ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) MAHSHID D. SAADAT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) SSL/kisPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007