Appeal No. 2002-1578 Application No. 08/814,928 In summary, with respect to the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejections of appealed claims 31-37, we have not sustained the alternative rejections based on the admitted prior and Terada, but have sustained the rejection based on the combination of Leak and Terada. Therefore, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 31-37 is affirmed. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JOSEPH L. DIXON ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JFR/lp 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007