Appeal No. 2003-0706
Application No. 09/356,241
In summary, with respect to the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
rejection of appealed claims 14-19, 21, 22, 24-27, 48, 50, 51, and
53-57, we have sustained the rejection of claims 14-16 and 21, 22,
and 24-26, but have not sustained the rejection of claims 17-19,
27, 48, 50, 51, and 53-57.1 Therefore, the Examiner’s decision
rejecting claims 14-19, 21, 22, 24-27, 48, 50, 51, and 53-57 is
affirmed-in-part.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection
with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
ERROL A. KRASS )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) APPEALS
Administrative Patent Judge ) AND
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ANITA PELLMAN GROSS )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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1 Claim 54 is, apparently inadvertently, dependent on canceled claim 33.
We leave the correction of this matter to Appellants and the Examiner in any
further prosecution on this application.
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