Appeal No. 2006-2751
Application No. 10/205,090
1. In sustaining a multiple reference rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Board may rely on one
reference alone without designating it as a new ground of rejection. In re Bush, 296 F.2d 491,
496, 131 USPQ 263, 266-67 (CCPA 1961); In re Boyer, 363 F.2d 455, 458, n.2, 150 USPQ 441,
444, n.2 (CCPA 1966). The teachings of Jörgens are merely cumulative to teachings already
present in Miura.
The obviousness rejections of claims 2 through 12 and 14 through 26 are sustained
because appellants have not presented any patentability arguments for these claims apart from
those presented for claim 1.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through 12, and 14 through 26 under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is affirmed.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be
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