Ex Parte 6440359 et al - Page 4

                 Appeal  2007-2359                                                                                       
                 Application 90/006,951                                                                                  
                 3. The benefit of the 21 March 1997, filing date of EP 97-301,911 under                                 
                 35 U.S.C. § 119 is claimed in the application.                                                          
                        The Examiner's Rejections                                                                        
                 4. The Examiner has rejected claims 1–5, 7–13, and 20 under 35 U.S.C.                                   
                 § 103(a) over the combined teachings of Reiso3 and either WO95/067594                                   
                 ("WO") or EP 0,716,716 B15 ("EP"), collectively, "EP/WO".  (Examiner's                                  
                 Answer mailed 1 December 2006 ("Answer"), at 5.)                                                        
                 5. The Examiner has rejected claims 1–5, 7–13, and 15–20 under 35                                       
                 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combined teachings of Reiso, Timsit6, and either of                            
                 EP/WO.  (Answer at 8.)                                                                                  
                 6. The Examiner has rejected claim 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the                                 
                 combined teachings of Reiso, EP/WO, and Marchive7.  (Answer at 10.)                                     



                                                                                                                        
                 3 Oddvin Reiso, The Effect of Composition and Homogenization Treatment                                  
                 of Extrudability of AlMgSi Alloys, 1 Proc. 3d Int'l Aluminum Extrusion                                  
                 Technology Seminar, 1984 31 (1984).                                                                     
                 4 Alcan Int'l Ltd. (Canada), WO 95/06,759, Extrudable Al-Mg-Si Alloys,                                  
                 based on international application PCT/GB94/01,880, published 9 March                                   
                 1995.                                                                                                   
                 5 Alcan Int'l Ltd. (Canada), EP 0,716,716 B1, Extrudable Al-Mg-Si Alloys,                               
                 published and granted 12 August 1988, based on international application                                
                 PCT/GB94/01,880.                                                                                        
                 6 Roland S. Timsit and Benjamin J. Janeway, Aluminum Brazing Sheet, U.S.                                
                 Patent 5,232,788, issued 3 August 1993.                                                                 
                 7 D. Marchive, High Extrudability Alloys in the 6000 Series, Light Metal                                
                 Age 6 (April 1983)                                                                                      

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