Appeal 2006-1305 Application 10/236,270 Accordingly, we sustain the rejection of claims 1 and 3-20 under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as unpatentable over the admitted prior art (Specification 1-2) in view of Watanabe and Daughenbaugh. CONCLUSION The Examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 3-9, and 18-20 under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as unpatentable over Watanabe in view of Daughenbaugh is affirmed. The Examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 3-20 under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as unpatentable over the admitted prior art (Specification 1-2) in view of Watanabe and Daughenbaugh is affirmed. Thus, the decision of the Examiner is AFFIRMED. No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a)(1)(iv) (2006). AFFIRMED clj 17Page: Previous 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next
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