Appeal No. 2002-2187 Application 09/149,359 103(a) rejections of claims 17 and 18 based on Bouton, the standing 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and 103(a) rejections of claims 17 and 18 based on Bruce, or the standing 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and 103(a) rejections of claims 7 through 9 based on Blom. SUMMARY The decision of the examiner to reject claims 7 through 9 and 17 through 19 is reversed. REVERSED LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT ) ) APPEALS AND JOHN P. MCQUADE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) ) ) MURRIEL E. CRAWFORD ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JPM/kis 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007