Appeal No. 20006-1116
Application No. 10/450,439
EVIDENCE
As evidence of obviousness of the claimed subject matter,
the examiner relies upon the following prior art:
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 4,531,677 Jul. 30, 1985
Wu et al. (Wu) 6,322,054 B1 Nov. 27, 2001
The appellants’ admission at pages 2-5 and 7 of the
specification (hereinafter referred to as “the admitted prior
art”).
As evidence of nonobviousness of the claimed subject matter,
the appellants rely upon the following reference:
Schroder et al. (Schroder) 6,498,272 B1 Dec. 24, 2002
REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as unpatentable over the combined teachings of the admitted prior
art and either Suzuki or Wu.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the claims, specification and
applied prior art, including all of the arguments advanced by the
examiner and the appellants in support of their respective
positions. This review has led us to conclude the examiner’s
Section 103(a) rejection is well founded. Accordingly, we affirm
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