Ex Parte Jenkins et al - Page 7

                 Appeal  2007-2188                                                                                       
                 Application 10/150,667                                                                                  
                 § 103(a) Rejection over Prevorsek, Fels and Price                                                       
                        Appellants do not present any additional arguments with respect to                               
                 separately rejected dependent claims 13, 14, 45, and 46 other than to note                              
                 their position that Price does not remedy any deficiencies in the Examiner’s                            
                 rejection of the independent claims 1 and 33 over Prevorsek and Fels.  For                              
                 the reasons stated above with respect to the Examiner’s first stated rejection,                         
                 it follows that we shall also sustain the obviousness rejection of dependent                            
                 claims 13, 14, 45, and 46 over Prevorsek in view of Fels and Price.                                     
                                                   CONCLUSION                                                            
                        The decision of the Examiner to reject claims 1, 3-12, 15, 16, 33, 35-                           
                 44, 47-53, 75, and 76 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over                               
                 Prevorsek in view of Fels; and to reject claims 13, 14, 45, and 46 under 35                             
                 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Prevorsek in view of Fels and                                
                 Price is affirmed.                                                                                      

















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