Appeal No. 2006-0305 9
Application No. 10/370,545
arrive at the assembly recited in claim 8 stems from hindsight knowledge impermissibly
derived from the appellants’ disclosure.
Consequently, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of
independent claim 8, and dependent claims 10 and 11, as being unpatentable over
Coles in view of Lewis, Jones and Davis.
SUMMARY
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 4-6, 8, 10 and 11 is affirmed with
respect to claims 1 and 4-6, and reversed with respect to claims 8, 10 and 11.
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