Appeal No. 2004-2294 Application 10/002,343 and of Miyoshi and Nishino with appellants’ countervailing evidence of and argument for nonobviousness and conclude that the claimed invention encompassed by appealed claims 1 through 4 and 8 through 21 would have been obvious as a matter of law under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The examiner’s decision is affirmed. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a)(1)(iv) (effective September 13, 2004; 69 Fed. Reg. 49960 (August 12, 2004); 1286 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 21 (September 7, 2004)). AFFIRMED - 8 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007