Appeal No. 2006-2707
Application No. 09/749,792
Ko 6,192,479 Feb. 20, 2001
(filed Jan. 19, 1995)
Rejections at Issue
A. Claims 1 through 4, 6 through 9 and 11 through 17 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the
combination of Georgiou and McDermott.
B. Claims 5 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the combination of Georgiou, McDermott
and Ko.
C. Claims 18 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the combination of Ko, Georgiou and
McDermott.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, the opinion refers to respective details in the Briefs1
and the Examiner’s Answers.2 Only those arguments actually made
by Appellant have been considered in this decision. Arguments
that Appellant could have made but chose not to make in the
Briefs have not been taken into consideration. See 37 CFR
1 Appellant filed an Appeal Brief on October 24, 2005. Appellant filed a
Reply Brief on April 3, 2006. Appellant filed a supplemental Reply Brief on
July 27, 2006.
2 The Examiner mailed an Examiner’s Answer on February 2, 2006. The Examiner
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