Appeal 2007-0896 Application 09/731,019 1 Accordingly we sustain the Examiner's rejection of claims 1-2 and 7-17 under 2 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Klingman. 3 4 DECISION 5 To summarize, our decision is as follows: 6 • The rejection of claims 1-2 and 7-17 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as anticipated 7 by NOWTHIS is not sustained, but the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as 8 obvious over NOWTHIS is sustained. 9 • The rejection of claims 1-2 and 7-17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious 10 over Epinions and Salas is sustained. 11 • The rejection of claims 1-2 and 7-17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious 12 over Klingman is sustained. 13 No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal 14 may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). 15 16 AFFIRMED 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 vsh 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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