Appeal Number: 2007-0126
Application Number: 09/970,910
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Senga US 2003/0135440 A1 Jul. 17, 2003
(Feb. 20, 2001)
Nakfoor US 6,496,809 B1 Dec. 17, 2002
(Jun. 9, 2000)
Walker US 5,794,207 Aug. 11, 1998
Peters US 5,769,269 Jun. 23, 1998
REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 16, 18 through 24, 26 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious over Nakfoor and Walker.
Claims 17, 25 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
Nakfoor, Walker, Peters and Senga.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the
examiner's answer (mailed Jul. 3, 2006) for the reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellants’ brief (filed Jul. 15, 2005) for the arguments
thereagainst.
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