Appeal No. 2003-0084
Application No. 09/233,583
We have also reviewed the additional patents to Prather and
Isakson applied by the examiner against dependent claims 7, 8 and
14 through 16 on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). However, we
find nothing in these patents which overcomes the deficiencies in
the basic combinations of Pueschel and Sawada noted above or
which otherwise renders obvious the claimed subject matter.
Thus, the examiner's rejections of dependent claims 7, 8 and 14
through 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) will likewise not be
sustained.
Since each of the examiner's rejections of claims 1 through
4 and 7 through 31 on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) have not
been sustained, it follows that the decision of the examiner is
reversed.
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