Appeal No. 2004-0500
Application No. 09/488,783
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Gray, III et al. (Gray) 5,752,073 May 12, 1998
Ramamurthy 6,189,082 Feb. 13, 2001
(filed Jan. 29, 1999)
Claims 1, 3-5, 14, and 15, all of the appealed claims, stand
finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Gray in view of Ramamurthy.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs1 and the Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the
rejection advanced by the Examiner, the arguments in support of the
rejection, and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the
Examiner as support for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed
and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellant’s
arguments set forth in the Briefs along with the Examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in rebuttal set
forth in the Examiner’s Answer.
1 The Appeal Brief was filed May 19, 2003 (Paper No. 11). In response
to the Examiner’s Answer mailed July 28, 2003 (Paper No. 12), a Reply Brief
was filed September 25, 2003 (Paper No. 13), which was acknowledged and
entered by the Examiner as indicated in the communication dated October 10,
2003 (Paper No. 14).
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