Appeal 2007-1378 Application 10/327,459 1 B. Record on appeal 2 In deciding this appeal, we have considered only the following 3 documents: 4 1. Specification, including original claims. 5 2. Drawing 6 3. Office action entered 26 October 2005. 7 4. Office action entered 04 April 2006 8 5. Corrected Appeal Brief on appeal filed 02 August 2006 9 6. Examiner’s Answer entered 31 August 2006 10 7. Tenengauzer 11 8. Curatolo 12 9. Singer 13 10. PTO bibliographic data sheet 14 11. Rouhi, The Right Stuff, 18 Chemical and Engineering News 26-33 15 (Feb. 23, 2003), a copy of which appears in the Evidence Appendix of the 16 appeal brief. 17 12. Claims on appeal. 18 19 C. Issues 20 There are two principal issues on appeal. 21 The first issue is whether appellants have sustained their burden of 22 showing that the Examiner erred in rejecting the claims on appeal as being 23 unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Tenengauzer. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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