Ex Parte TOPRAC et al - Page 5

            Appeal No. 2003-1323                                                                              
            Application No. 09/421,803                                                                        

                                               CONCLUSION                                                     
            The rejections of claims 26 to 36 and 38 to 45 under  35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by        
            Gevelber; and claim 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over the combination of                
            Gevelber and Hieber are reversed.                                                                 




                                                REVERSED                                                      
                                                                                                             

                                                                       )                                      
                                                                       )                                      
                                TERRY J. OWENS                         )                                      
                                Administrative Patent Judge            )                                      
                                                                       )                                      
                                                                       )                                      
                                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT                      
                                PAUL LIEBERMAN                         )        APPEALS                       
                                Administrative Patent Judge            )            AND                       
                                                                       )  INTERFERENCES                       
                                                                       )                                      
                                                                       )                                      
                                JEFFREY T. SMITH                       )                                      
                                Administrative Patent Judge            )                                      



            JTS/kis                                                                                           

                                                     -5-                                                      






Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  Next 

Last modified: November  3, 2007