Appeal No. 2004-1421 Application No. 09/471,674 For the foregoing reasons, the examiner's rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, 8 through 13, 16 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Flake in view of Robertson and Vance will not be sustained, and the decision of the examiner is reversed. REVERSED KENNETH W. HAIRSTON ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) CEF/lbg 99Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007