Appeal No. 2006-2247
Reexamination Nos. 90/006,554 and 90/006,894
1 even close to being commensurate in scope with the degree of patent protection
2 desired. In re Peterson, 315 F.3d at 1330-31, 65 USPQ2d at 1383.
3 For the foregoing reasons, we determine that the evidence of obviousness far
4 outweighs the proffered evidence in support of nonobviousness. Accordingly, we
5 uphold the examiner’s rejection.
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7 ORDER
8 In sum, it is:
9 ORDERED that claims 1-6 of United States patent 5,578,684 are
10 unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combined teachings of Witman and
11 Dunn, “optionally as evidenced by Watts, Greenspan, Hopkins, and Willard.”
12 The decision of the examiner to finally reject claims 1-6 is AFFIRMED.
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