Appeal No. 2005-0560 Application No. 09/873,127 Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12 and 16-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Kobayashi in view of Mock. 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 rejection advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the rejection. 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 rejection 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 have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art the obviousness of the invention as set forth in the claims on appeal. Accordingly, we affirm. -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007