Appeal No. 2004-0434
Application No. 09/836,686
Rejections At Issue
Claims 10-16 and 23-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being obvious over the combination of Abecassis and Berstis.
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the
Appellant's briefs, and to the Examiner's Answer for the
respective details thereof.2
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner's rejections and the arguments of the
Appellant and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
affirm the Examiner's rejection of claims 10-16 and 23-24 under
35 U.S.C. § 103, and we reverse the Examiner's rejection of claim
25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Appellant has indicated that for purposes of this appeal,
the claims stand or fall together in three groupings:
Claims 10-16 as Group I;
Claims 23-24 as Group II; and
Claim 25 as Group III.
See page 10 of the brief. Furthermore, Appellant argues each
group of claims separately and explains why the claims of each
2 Appellant filed an appeal brief on November 25, 2002.
Appellant filed a reply brief on September 2, 2003. The Examiner
mailed out an Examiner's Answer on July 16, 2003.
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