Appeal No. 2006-1435 Page 13
Application No. 10/352,299
to claims 1-5, 7-10, 13-18, 20 and 24-26, but is not sustained
with respect to claims 21, 22 and 27-33. The rejection of claims
27, 29, 30 and 31 as anticipated by Trulson is sustained with
respect to all claims. The rejection of claims 1-5, 7-13 and 15-
20 as anticipated by Liang is sustained with respect to all
claims. The rejection of claims 28 and 32 as unpatentable over
Trulson is sustained with respect to both claims. The rejection
of claims 6, 14 and 21-34 as unpatentable over Liang is sustained
with respect to claims 6 and 24-26, but is not sustained with
respect to claims 14, 21-23 and 27-34. The rejection of claims
1-34 as unpatentable over Sasanuma is not sustained with respect
to any of the claims on appeal. Accordingly, the decision of the
examiner rejecting claims 1-34 is affirmed-in-part. With respect
to those claims which have survived all the examiner’s
rejections, the examiner should consider whether the best
reference was applied in the rejections or whether a combination
of the cited references would have established a more appropriate
evidentiary record in support of a rejection.
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