Appeal No. 2003-0156
Application 09/607,996
The appellants rely on the following items as evidence of
non-obviousness:
The 37 CFR § 1.132 declarations of Arthur G. Castillo
filed August 13, 2001 (Paper No. 8) and January 23,
2002 (Paper No. 10).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Bachrach in view of Brault.
Claims 10 through 20, 22 through 24 and 26 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Bachrach in
view of Brault and Miyazaki.
Claims 21 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Bachrach in vew of Brault, Miyazaki and
Wyant.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 13 and 15) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 14) for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.2
2 In the final rejection (Paper No. 9), claim 26 also stood
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. The examiner
has since withdrawn this rejection in view of the amendment of
claim 26 subsequent to final rejection (see the advisory action
dated January 31, 2002, Paper No. 11).
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