Appeal No. 2003-1736
Application No. 09/123,137
CONCLUSION
The rejection of claims 1, 9-25 and 27-30 for obviousness-type double patenting
over claims 1-42 of U.S. Patent No. 5,785,993 is affirmed. The rejection of claims 1, 9-
25 and 27-30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Sawhney 1, Hettinger by themselves or
together, in further combination with applicants’ statement of prior art and optionally in
further combination with WO 93/17669 and Sawhney 2 is reversed.
AFFIRMED
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