Appeal No. 2003-1945 Application No. 08/240,877 Accordingly, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 34 through 36, 38, 40 through 74 and 78 through 81 as being unpatentable over Simpson in view of McKim, or the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claim 37 as being unpatentable over Simpson in view of McKim and Shindel. SUMMARY The decision of the examiner to reject claims 34 through 38, 40 through 74 and 78 through 81 is reversed. REVERSED IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT ) ) APPEALS AND CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) ) ) JOHN P. MCQUADE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JPM/kis 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007