Appeal No. 2002-2134 Page 8
Application No. 09/250,481
The obviousness rejections
We have reviewed the references to Weber and Sakai additionally applied in the
rejection of claims 7 and 8 (dependent on claim 1) but find nothing therein which makes
up for the deficiencies of Wang discussed above regarding claim 1. Accordingly, we
cannot sustain the examiner's rejection of appealed claims 7 and 8 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 3, 19 to 21, 23
and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed and the decision of the examiner to reject
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