Appeal No. 2006-2700 Application No. 10/705,456 Accordingly, we will sustain the Examiner’s provisional rejection of claims 3 through 21 for the reasons stated in the Examiner’s Answer. CONCLUSION In view of the foregoing discussion, we have sustained the Examiner’s decision rejecting claims 3 through 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We have also sustained the Examiner’s provisional rejection of claims 3 through 21 under obviousness double patenting. Therefore, we affirm. 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). AFFIRMED LANCE LEONARD BARRY ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT MAHSHID D. SAADAT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) JEAN R. HOMERE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 16Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next
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