Appeal No. 2005-2174
Application No. 10/060,614
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Declaration of Paul Roumpos filed January 29, 2002
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Declaration of Dennis R. Gibson filed January 29, 2002
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Declaration of Stephen A. Morin filed January 29, 2002
The 37 CFR § 1.132 Declaration of Bruce H. Porter filed January 29, 2002
THE REJECTION
Claims 61-71 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Boggess in view of Sernovitz.
Attention is directed to the main, reply and supplemental reply briefs (filed June
10, 2003, August 19, 2003 and May 5, 2004) and the main and supplemental answers
(mailed August 8, 2003 and April 20, 2004) for the respective positions of the appellant
and examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.1
DISCUSSION
I. Preliminary matter
1 Contrary to statements made on page 7 in the main brief, the final rejection did not present any 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, or obviousness-type double patenting issues. The examiner entered rejections
on these grounds in an earlier Office action (mailed June 7, 2002) but did not restate them in the final
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