Appeal No. 2006-1352 Application 10/250,683 of Mine and Sato with appellants’ countervailing evidence of and argument for nonobviousness and conclude that the claimed invention encompassed by appealed claims 1 through 5 and 7 through 20 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). AFFIRMED - 13 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007