Appeal No. 2001-1118 Application 09/262,690 For the above reasons, the rejection of (1) claims 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17 as being anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) by Chakravorty, (2) claim 12 as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Chakravorty in view of Nakajima, and (3) claims 15 and 18-27 as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Chakravorty in view of Hoshino cannot be sustained. The examiner’s rejection of claims 11-27 is reversed. REVERSED ______________________________ ) JAMESON LEE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ______________________________ ) BOARD OF PATENT SALLY GARDNER LANE ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ______________________________ ) SALLY C. MEDLEY ) Administrative Patent Judge ) cc: Kevin R. Casey, Esq. RATNER & PRESTIA One Westlakes, Berwyn P.O. Box 980 Suite 301 Valley Forge, PA 19482-0980 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007