Appeal No. 2006-1673 Παγε 10 Application No. 09/913,725 CONCLUSION The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, and 5-7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Takayama in view of Yano (JP 11-158305) is reversed. REVERSED EDWARD C. KIMLIN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT PETER F. KRATZ ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY T. SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) PFK/TFPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007