Appeal No. 2003-0661
Application 09/032,622
during the time period.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Soumiya et al. 6,094,418 Jul. 25, 2000
(filed Mar. 7, 1997)
Rejection At Issue
Claims 21-40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious over Soumiya et al. Throughout our opinion, we make
references to the Appellant’s briefs, and to the Examiner’s
Answer for the respective detail thereof1.
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, Examiner’s rejections and the arguments of Appellant and
Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we reverse the Examiner’s
rejection of claims 21-40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
1 Appellant’s filed an appeal brief on June 11, 2002. The Appellant filed a
reply brief on November 13, 2002. The Examiner mailed out an office
communication on September 3, 2002.
3
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