Appeal No. 2003-1269
Application 09/041,913
THE REFERENCES
Roy 4,742,020 May 3, 1988
Parker 5,231,356 Jul. 27, 1993
Lee 5,970,383 Oct. 19, 1999
(filed Dec. 17, 1997)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
claims 1, 4, 6-8, 10 and 13-25 over Roy in view of Parker;
claims 1, 4-8, 19-21 and 23-25 over Lee in view of Parker; and
claims 11 and 12 over Roy in view of Parker and Lee.
OPINION
The rejection over Roy in view of Parker is affirmed as to
claims 7, 10, 13-19 and 22 and reversed as to claims 1, 4, 6, 8,
20, 21 and 23-25. The rejection over Lee in view of Parker is
affirmed as to claims 1, 4-6, 8, 19 and 23-25 and reversed as to
claims 7, 20 and 21. The rejection over Roy in view of Parker
and Lee is reversed.
The appellants state that claims 5, 24 and 25 stand or fall
with claim 1, and that claims 13 and 14 stand or fall with
claim 10 (brief, page 7). Hence, among claims 1, 5, 10, 13, 14,
24 and 25, and also claim 4 which is not separately argued, we
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