Appeal 2007-1099
Application 09/955,469
THE REFERENCES
The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of
unpatentability:
Brendel US 5,774,660 Jun. 30, 1998
Bowman-Amuah US 6,289,382 B1 Sep. 11, 2001
Bruck US 6,801,949 B1 Oct. 5, 2004
THE REJECTIONS
Appellant seeks our review of the following rejections:
1. Claims 1-5, 9-20, and 24-34 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of
Bruck in view of Brendel (Answer 3).
2. Claims 6-8, 21-23, and 35-40 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of
Bruck in view of Brendel, and further in view of Bowman-Amuah
(Answer 10).
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant or the Examiner, we
make reference to the Briefs and the Answer for the respective details
thereof.
Independent claim 1
We consider first the Examiner’s rejection of independent claim 1 as
being unpatentable over Bruck in view of Brendel.
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