Appeal No. 2006-1880
Application No. 10/064,363
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1, 4, and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
being anticipated by Scherzinger.
In the alternative, claims 1, 4, and 6 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over the combination of
Scherzinger and Ebbert.
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the
Appellants’ briefs, and to the Examiner’s Answer for the
respective details thereof.2
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner’s rejections and the arguments of the
Appellants and the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we
affirm the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, and 6 under
35 U.S.C. § 102 and we affirm the Examiner’s rejection of claims
1, 2, and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. For purposes of this decision
we treat independent claim 1 as representative of the claims on
appeal.
2 Appellants filed an Appeal Brief on January 21, 2006.
Appellants filed a Reply Brief on April 4, 2006. The Examiner
mailed an Examiner’s Answer on March 27, 2006.
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