Appeal No. 2004-0462 Application 09/915,861 to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of appellants’ invention, we must refuse to sustain the examiner’s rejection of those claims under 35 U.S. C. § 103(a). In accordance with the foregoing, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through 8 of the present application under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed. REVERSED CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT LAWRENCE J. STAAB ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) CEF:pgc 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007