Appeal No. 2004-0478
Application No. 09/768,976
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious over the combination of Arya and Battu.
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the
Appellants' 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
Appellants and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
affirm the Examiner's rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 8-10, 12-18,
and 20-29 under 35 U.S.C. § 102; we affirm the Examiner's
rejection of claims 4, 6, 7, 11, and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103;
and we reverse the Examiner's rejection of claims 30-40 under
35 U.S.C. § 102.
Appellants have indicated that for purposes of this appeal,
the claims stand or fall together in nineteen groupings:
Claims 1-3, 5, 8-10, and 12-18 as Group I;
Claims 20-23 as Group II;
Claims 24-29 individually as Groups III-VIII;
Claim 30 as Group IX;
Claims 31-34 as Group X;
2 Appellants filed an appeal brief on May 22, 2003. The Examiner
mailed out an Examiner’s Answer on July 1, 2003.
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