Appeal No. 2003-1450 3
Application No. 09/640,325
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being
unpatentable over Moss in view of Franta.
Claims 1 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being
unpatentable over Moss in view of Franta and further in view of Dornbusch.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Moss
in view of Franta and further in view of Eguchi.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by the appellant and
the examiner and agree with the examiner for the reasons stated herein that the rejection of
claims 1 through 7 and 9 under § 103(a) is well founded. Accordingly, we affirm this
rejection. We agree with the appellant that the rejection of claim 8 under § 103(a) is not
well founded. Accordingly, we reverse this rejection.
As an initial matter, it is the appellant’ s position that, “[t]he claims of each group
stand or fall together.” See Brief, page 6. We interpret the term “group” in the context
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