Appeal No. 2006-2765
Application No. 10/372,160
Claims 1 through 30 stand rejected under the first paragraph of 35
U.S.C. § 112 for lack of enablement because the claims allegedly fail to
satisfy 35 U.S.C. § 101.
Claims 1 through 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being
directed to nonstatutory subject matter.
Claims 12 through 15, 17, 18 and 20 through 27 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Atkins.
Claims 1 through 5, 7 through 9, 11 and 28 through 30 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Atkins in view of
Gomez.
Claims 6 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Atkins in view of Gomez and admitted prior art found on
pages 9 through 13 and 16 of the specification.
Claims 16, 19 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Atkins in view of the admitted prior art.
Reference is made to the final rejection, the briefs and the answer for
the respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
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