Appeal No. 2005-1270 14 Application No. 09/798,169 examiner’s rationale for the rejection. Therefore, we will sustain the rejection of claims 15-17 under 35 U.S.C. §103 over Faulk in view of known firmware. CONCLUSION We have sustained the rejections of claims 9-11, 26-28, and 37-39 under 35 U.S.C. §102 (e) and of claims 15-17 under 35 U.S.C. §103. We have not sustained the rejection of claims 1-39 under 35 U.S.C. §103. Accordingly, the examiner’s decision 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). AFFIRMED-IN-PARTPage: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007