Appeal No. 2003-1025
Application No. 09/224,918
Claims 4, 5, 18, and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being obvious over the combination of Wobber and Carlson.
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the
Appellants' brief, and to the Examiner's Answer for the
respective details thereof.1
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner's rejections and the arguments of the
Appellants and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
affirm the Examiner's rejection of claims 1, 3-5, 7-11, 14-15,
17-25, and 28-49 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1; we reverse the
Examiner's rejection of claims 1, 3-5, 7-11, 14-15, 17-25, and
28-49 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2; and we reverse the Examiner's
rejection of claims 1, 3-5, 7-11, 14-15, 17-25, and 28-49 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
Appellants have indicated that for purposes of this appeal
the claims stand or fall together in five groupings:
Claims 1, 3-5, 7-11, 14-15, 17-25, and 28-49 as Group I with
respect to the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1;
Claims 1, 3-5, 7-11, 14-15, 17-25, 28-36, and 41 as Group II
with respect to the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2;
1 Appellants filed an appeal brief on August 26, 2002. The
Examiner mailed out an Examiner's Answer on October 16, 2002.
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