Appeal No. 2003-2145 Application No. 09/310,627 CONCLUSION For the reasons stated above and in the Answer, the rejection of claims 43 to 52 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combination of Alexander, August and Kubo; and the rejection of claims 53, 54, 56 and 59 to 62 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combination of Alexander, August, Kubo and Hunninghaus are affirmed. -9-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007