Appeal No. 2003-0435
Application No. 09/263,921
References
Wang et al. Re. 35,093 Nov. 21, 1995
Greenfield et al. 6,020,934 Feb. 01, 2000
Hsu et al. 6,134,340 Oct. 17, 2000
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1-2, 4-6, 8-10 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Greenfield et al. in view of applicant’s admitted prior art
and Wang et al. Claims 3, 7 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Greenfield et al. in view of applicant’s admitted prior art
Wang et al. and Hsu et al.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections
advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the
examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s arguments set forth
in the brief along with the examiner’s rationale in support of the rejections and
arguments in rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on appeal, the
examiner’s rejections and the arguments of appellant and examiner, for the
reasons stated infra, we reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-12 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
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