Appeal 2007-2863 Application 10/934,507 1 B. Record on appeal 2 In deciding this appeal, we have considered only the following 3 documents: 4 1. Specification, including original claims (there are not 5 drawings). 6 2. Patent Application Publication 2005/0033007 A1. 7 3. Final Rejection entered 20 March 2006. 8 4. Advisory Action entered 22 April 2006. 9 5. Advisory Action entered 10 July 2006. 10 6. The Appeal Brief filed 05 September 2006. 11 7. The Examiner’s Answer entered 09 January 2007 (there is 12 no Reply Brief). 13 8. Shimoma declaration filed 05 September 2006. 14 9. Saito, U.S. Patent 6,503,997 B1. 15 10. Saito (WO) 00/55230 (to the extent it has an English 16 abstract and other information in English. 17 11. PTO bibliographic data sheet for the application on appeal 18 12. Claims 1-17. 19 20 C. Issue 21 The issue is whether Asahi Glass has sustained its burden of showing 22 that the Examiner erred in rejecting the claims on appeal as being anticipated 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) by, alternatively as being unpatentable under 24 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Saito (WO). 25 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
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