Appeal No. 2004-1908 Application No. 09/176,374 Page 10 CONCLUSION The decision of the examiner to reject claims 5, 6, 8, 9 and 16-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as invention; and to reject claims 1-19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Machida in view of Takeuchi is reversed. REVERSED CHUNG K. PAK ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT PETER F. KRATZ ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) BEVERLY A. PAWLIKOWSKI ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007