Appeal No. 2005-0341 Page 7 Application No. 09/977,409 For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 1, and claims 2 to 10 dependent thereon, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.2 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. REVERSED CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOHN P. McQUADE ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 2We have also reviewed the reference to Bushnell additionally applied in the rejection of claim 4 but find nothing therein which makes up for the deficiencies of Nikolaus discussed above regarding claim 1.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007