Appeal No. 2005-0084
Application No. 09/835,726
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as follows:
(a) Claims 1-3 and 8 over Thomas in view of Ellion,
(b) Claims 4, 5 and 10 over Thomas in view of Avery and
Kobayashi,
(c) Claims 6 and 9 over Thomas in view of Chambers,
(d) Claim 7 over Thomas in view of Ellion and either
JP ‘069 or JP ‘561.
Appellant submits at page 5 of the principal brief that
“claims 2-6 and 9-10 are considered to stand or fall with
associated independent claims 1 and 8" (second paragraph).
We have thoroughly reviewed each of appellant’s arguments
for patentability. However, we are in complete agreement with
the examiner that the claimed subject matter would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art within the meaning of
§ 103 in view of the applied prior art. Accordingly, we will
sustain the examiner’s rejections for essentially those reasons
set forth in the answer, and we add the following primarily for
emphasis.
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