Appeal No. 2006-0374
Application No. 10/120,511
All the appealed claims are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as follows:
(a) claims 1, 9 and 10 are rejected over Neukermans in view
of Cathey, Miyamoto and Maa;
(b) claims 3, 5 and 11 are rejected over the above-noted
references and further in view of Shimbo;
(c) claims 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9-11 are rejected over Neukermans,
Cathey, Miyamoto, Maa, Shimbo and Iyer;
(d) claim 8 is rejected over Neukermans, Cathey, Miyamoto,
Maa, Shimbo, with or without Iyer, and further in view of Doan;
(e) finally, claims 24-27 are rejected over Neukermans in
view of Cathey, Miyamoto and MacDonald.
We refer to the Brief and Reply Brief and to the Answer
respectively for a complete discussion of the opposing viewpoints
expressed by the appellant and by the examiner concerning the
above-noted rejections.
OPINION
For the reasons which follow, we cannot sustain any of the
rejections advanced on this appeal.
Concerning the rejection of claim 1 and indeed all of the
rejections on appeal, the examiner expresses the following
position concerning the Neukermans reference:
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