Ex parte Appeal No. 242-47

A foreign patent qualifying under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(d) can be combined with other prior art to bar a U.S. patent in an obviousness rejection under 102(d)/103 where the added subject matter does not render the claims nonobvious.

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