Appeal No. 2004-2296
Application No. 10/017,031
teachings of these two references alone demonstrate the prima facie obviousness of the
subject matter as a whole of instant claims 10 and 18.
We therefore sustain the rejection of claims 1-24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Haba, Mauritz, Hsuan, and Kim. For the subject matter of the
representative independent claims, we consider the Kim reference to be merely
cumulative in its teachings.
CONCLUSION
The rejection of claims 1 and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and the rejection of
claims 1-24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are affirmed.
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