Appeal No. 2006-0651
Application 10/050,061
appellant. On remand, the examiner should consider whether the
combined teachings of Griffin and Cunningham justify a 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejection of claims 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 14, and whether
the combined teachings of Griffin and Gran warrant a 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejection of claims 5, 7, 10 and 12.
SUMMARY
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 5, 7-10 and
12-14 is affirmed with respect to claims 8, 9, 13 and 14, and
reversed with respect to claims 5, 7, 10 and 12. In addition,
the application is remanded to the examiner for further
consideration.
In addition to affirming the examiner's rejection of one or
more claims, this decision contains a remand. 37 CFR § 41.50(e)
provides that
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