Appeal No. 2004-1426
Application No. 10/038,346
Claims 129 through 137, 139 through 146 and 148 through 154 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Ross in view of Suman.
Claims 129 through 137, 139 through 146 and 148 through 154 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Blaker in view of Suman.
Throughout the opinion we make reference to the brief1 and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections
advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the
examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s arguments set forth in
the brief along with the examiner’s rationale in support of the rejection and
arguments in rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on appeal, the
examiner’s rejections and the arguments of appellant and the examiner, and for
the reasons stated infra we will not sustain the examiner’s rejections of claims
129 through 137, 139 through 146 and 148 through 154 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Appellant argues on page 5 of the brief:
1 Appellant filed an Appeal Brief on November 10, 2003 (certified as being mailed on
November 7, 2003, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.8(a)).
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