Appeal No. 2006-1451
Application No. 08/802,472
• The rejections of claims 10, 14 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable as obvious over Gossard are not sustained.
• The rejections of claims 17 and 49 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
as obvious over Gossard in view of Francis are sustained.
• The rejection of claim 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable as
obvious over Gossard is sustained.
• New rejections of claims 18 and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as
not being fully described or enabled are made under 37 CFR § 41.50(b).
• New rejections of claims 5, 17 to 24, 27 to 31 and 49 to 58 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim
the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention are made under
37 CFR § 41.50(b).
Regarding the affirmed rejection(s), 37 CFR § 41.52(a)(1) provides "[a]ppellant may
file a single request for rehearing within two months from the date of the original
decision of the Board."
In addition to affirming the examiner's rejection(s) of one or more claims, this
decision contains new grounds of rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 41.50(b) (effective
September 13, 2004, 69 Fed. Reg. 49960 (August 12, 2004), 1286 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office
21 (September 7, 2004)). 37 CFR § 41.50(b) provides “[a] new ground of rejection
pursuant to this paragraph shall not be considered final for judicial review.”
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