Appeal 2006-3362
Application 09/838,365
affirmance of their rejections under the art of record, a rejection for lack of
statutory subject matter is not considered at this moment to be necessary.
However, Examiner is advised to keep this consideration in mind if the
prosecution continues.
DECISION
The Examiner's rejection of claim 5 is reversed. The rejection of
claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 18 is affirmed.
matter. See also "Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications
for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility," 1300 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 142, Annex
IV(c) (Nov. 22, 2005).
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