Appeal 2006-3079
Application 10/708,033
claimed invention is not so great as to render the claimed invention
nonobvious to one reasonably skilled in the art, the claimed invention is not
patentable over the prior art. Dann v. Johnston, 425 US 219, 229-30, 189
USPQ 257, 261 (1976).
In light of the above, Appellants have not demonstrated that the
Examiner erred in rejecting claims 12-27 as unpatentable over Calhoun in
view of Bouchal. The rejection is sustained.
SUMMARY
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). See 37 C.F.R.
§ 1.136(a)(1)(iv) (2006).
AFFIRMED
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