Appeal No. 2004-0531
Application 09/871/126
maintenance problems with which appellants were involved. We
note that appellants recognize (brief, page 7) that Adinoff
teaches “a thickness of 0.050 inches (approximately 1.27mm)”,
which thickness does fall within the range of a thickness of up
to 2mm, as set forth in claim 7. To support the rejection of
dependent claims, e.g., claims 2 through 6, 10, 12, and 15 and
claims 8, 9, and 11, appellants rely upon the arguments above
presented relative to claims 1 and 7, which arguments we
concluded are not convincing (brief, page 6, 8 and 9).
In summary, this panel of the board has sustained the
respective rejections of appellants’ claims under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a).
The decision of the examiner is affirmed.
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