Appeal 2006-1399
Application 10/666,712
In regard to the second issue, the subject matter of independent claims
15 and 26 is not disclosed in Yasuda because Yasuda does not disclose the
controller and its functions as recited in claim 15, or the generating step
recited in claim 26. Claims 16 to 23, 25, and 35 depend from claim 15 and
claims 27 to 34 depend from claim 26 and thus include the subject matter of
independent claims 15 and 26 respectively.
Further, the subject matter of claim 24, which is dependent on claim
15, is not suggested by Yasuda because Yasuda does not suggest the
controller and its functions as recited in claim 15.
CONCLUSION/ORDER
The Examiner’s rejection of claims 34 and 35 under the first
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112, is not sustained.
The Examiner’s rejection of claims 15 to 23 and 25 to 35 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) is not sustained.
The Examiner’s rejection of claim 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is not
sustained.
The decision of the Examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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