Appeal No. 2004-0053 Page 12 Application No. 09/678,635 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 6 and 10-14 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kressel is reversed and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 5, 7 to 13 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Frisbie is affirmed with respect to claims 1, 5 and 7 and reversed with respect to claims 2 to 4, 8 to 13 and 15. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007