Appeal No. 2003-0928 Page 11 Application No. 09/692,431 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is affirmed; the decision of the examiner to reject claims 2 and 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed; and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 3 and 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. 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 JOHN P. McQUADE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JEFFREY V. NASE ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JENNIFER D. BAHR ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007