Appeal 2007-2220
Application 09/896,231
Kitsukawa US 2001/0013125 A1 Aug. 9, 2001
(filed Apr. 12, 2001)
Aggarwal US 6,631,413 B1 Oct. 7, 2003
(filed Jan. 28, 1999)
Hassell US 2004/0128685 A1 Jul. 1, 2004
(effectively filed Sep.
17, 1998)
Rodriguez US 2005/0071882 A1 Mar. 31, 2005
(effectively filed Jun. 9,
2000)
Okamoto US 6,901,385 B2 May 31, 20052
1. Claims 1-4, 19, 20, 22-24, 62-65, 67-69, 72, and 74 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Rodriguez.
2. Claims 1, 5, and 633 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Haddad and Hooper.
3. Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Haddad and Greenwood.
4. Claims 7-18, 21, 26-50, and 53-61 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over Haddad, Hassell, and Seazholtz.
2 This reference is a Continuation-in-part of App. No. 09/506,098, filed Feb.
17, 2000.
3 Although the Examiner indicates that only claim 5 is rejected in the
statement of the rejection, the Examiner nevertheless specifically refers to
independent claims 1 and 63 in the text of the rejection (Answer 6-7). We
therefore presume that the Examiner intended to include claims 1 and 63 in
this rejection.
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