Ex Parte Moriyama et al - Page 21

                 Appeal 2007-1855                                                                                                        
                 Application 10/815,650                                                                                                  
                 on in the Brief and Reply Brief, and based thereon conclude that the claimed                                            
                 invention encompassed by appealed claims 1 through 5, 9, and 10 would                                                   
                 have been anticipated as a matter of fact under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), and that                                            
                 the claimed invention encompassed by appealed claims 1 through 10 would                                                 
                 have been obvious as a matter of law under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).  See, e.g.,                                              
                 Spada, 911 F.2d at 707 n.3, 15 USPQ2d at 1657 n.3.                                                                      
                        The Primary Examiner’s decision is affirmed.                                                                     
                        No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with                                               
                 this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a)(1)(iv) (2006).                                                   
                                                    AFFIRMED                                                                             


                 clj                                                                                                                     
                 Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.                                                                       
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