Appeal No. 2005-0637 Application No. 10/117,958 In summary, with respect to the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of appealed claims 15-17, we have not sustained the rejection of claims 15 and 17, but have sustained the rejection of claim 16. Therefore, the Examiner’s decision rejecting claims 15-17 is affirmed-in-part. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a)(1)(iv)(effective September 13, 2004; 69 Fed. Reg. 49960 (August 12, 2004); 1286 Off. Gaz. Pat. and TM Office 21 (September 7, 2004)). AFFIRMED-IN-PART JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT ALLEN R. MACDONALD ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) ROBERT E. NAPPI ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JFR/hh 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007