Appeal 2007-2774
Application 10/285,632
23 USPQ2d 1780, 1784 (Fed. Cir. 1992) ("[D]ependent claims are
nonobvious if the independent claims from which they depend are
nonobvious ... .").
CONCLUSION
In summary, the decision of the Examiner to reject claims 1-3, 5-8,
10-13, 15-16, 38-39, 43 and 45 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
Knipe in view of Mahoney and Mizuno is reversed.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with
this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a).
REVERSED
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