Appeal No. 2004-1450
Application No. 09/449,015
Claims 1-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Wong in view of Popa
with respect to claims 1, 3, 6-8, 10-12, 14 and 17-19, Wong in
view of Popa and Slotznick with respect to claims 2, 9 and 13,
and Wong in view of Popa and Tomassi with respect to claims 4, 5,
15 and 16.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs 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 appellants’
arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal
set forth in the examiner’s answer.
It is our view, after consideration of the record before
us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in the
particular art would not have suggested to one of ordinary skill
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