Ex Parte BAKKER - Page 11


               Appeal No. 2006-0445                                                                                                  
               Application 08/977,374                                                                                                

               documents and Anderson with appellants’ countervailing evidence of and argument for                                   
               nonobviousness and conclude that the claimed invention encompassed by appealed claims 36                              
               through 46 would have been obvious as a matter of law under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).                                       
                       The examiner’s decision is affirmed.                                                                          







                                                                                                                                    
























                       No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be                         
               extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a)(1)(iv) (2005).                                                                       

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