Appeal No. 2005-0116 Application No. 10/109,390 independent claim 6 and dependent claims 7-9. Nor do we find that the teachings of Merrill remedy the noted deficiencies of the above combination. Therefore, we cannot sustain the rejection of claims 6-10. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 3-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed, and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 and 2 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is reversed REVERSED ERROL A. KRASS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH L. DIXON ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) ALLEN R. MACDONALD ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JLD/vsh 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007