Ex Parte Menendez - Page 6

                Appeal 2007-3382                                                                             
                Application 10/040,288                                                                       

                                             OBVIOUSNESS                                                     
                      Since Appellant has set forth no separate arguments for patentability                  
                under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) for independent claim 31 and dependent claims 4,                    
                8-11, 13-15, 19, 23-26, and 28-30, we will sustain the rejection under                       
                35 U.S.C. § 103(a).                                                                          
                                              CONCLUSION                                                     
                      To summarize, we have sustained the rejection of claims 1-3, 5-7, 12,                  
                16-18, 20-22, and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 102, and we have sustained the                        
                rejection of claims 4, 8-11, 13-15, 19, 23-26, and 28-31 under 35 U.S.C.                     
                § 103.                                                                                       
                      No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with                     
                this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a).                                      
                                                AFFIRMED                                                     






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                LARSON NEWMAN                                                                                
                ABEL POLANSKY & WHITE, LLP                                                                   
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