Appeal No. 2005-0476
Application No. 08/848,077
THE REJECTIONS AT ISSUE
Claims 151, 153, 155 through 157, 160, 164, 169 through 171, 173, 175,
176, and 177 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over
Hekmatpour. Claims 152 and 154 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being obvious over Hekmatpour in view of Halter. Claims 158, 159, 161, 164,
167, 168, and 174 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over
Hekmatpour in view of Stefik. Claims 162, 163, 165, 166, and 172 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Hekmatpour in view of Stefik and
Halter. Throughout the opinion 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, 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.
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on appeal, the
examiner’s rejections and the arguments of appellants and the examiner, for the
reasons stated infra we will not sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 151
through 177 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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