Appeal No. 2003-1852 Application No. 09/415,402 Summary In summary, we reverse the examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) of appealed claims 1, 4 through 6, 8 through 10, 14 through 16, 18 through 24, 38, and 40 through 42 as unpatentable over Maeda in view of Balakrishna and Sugiyama. We affirm, however, the rejection of appealed claims 34 through 36 and 48 through 50 as unpatentable over the same combination of references. The decision of the examiner is therefore affirmed in part. 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007