Appeal No. 2006-2833
Application No. 10/334,807
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
McKee et al. (McKee) 6,418,029 July 9, 2002
In addition, the Examiner relies upon Appellant’s admitted prior art, as will be
described below.
Rejections At Issue
Claims 10, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by McKee.
Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious
over McKee in view of admitted prior art (Figures 2A and 2B of the instant
application).
Throughout our opinion, we make references to the Appellant’s briefs, and
to the Examiner’s Answer for the respective details thereof.1
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on appeal, the
Examiner’s rejections and the arguments of the Appellant and the Examiner, for
the reasons stated infra, we reverse the Examiner’s rejection of claims 10, 11
and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and claims 13 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
1 Appellant filed an appeal brief on 11/21/2005. Appellant filed a reply brief on 4/10/2006. The
Examiner mailed an Examiner’s Answer on 2/8/2006.
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