Appeal No. 2003-0037
Application 09/924,681
matter recited in independent claim 1 and the prior art are such
that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the
time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in
the art. Accordingly, we shall not sustain the standing 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claim 1, and dependent claims 4
through 13, 16, 17 and 19 through 22, as being unpatentable over
Verrier in view of Takahashi.
As Yoshimura does not cure the foregoing shortcomings of
Verrier and Takahashi relative to the subject matter recited in
parent claim 1, we also shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejection of dependent claims 2, 3, 14 and 18 as being
unpatentable over Verrier in view of Takahashi and Yoshimura.
SUMMARY
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through 14
and 16 through 22 is reversed.
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