Ex parte ROBERT A. KEPPEL, et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 94-3287                                                          
          Application 07/835,152                                                      


          consequence, the record before us is evidentially inadequate to             
          support a conclusion that one with ordinary skill in the art                
          would have regarded Umemura as relating to the autoignition                 
          problem under consideration and concomitantly as providing a                
          reasonable expectation of successfully overcoming this problem.             
               For the above stated reasons, the examiner’s § 103 rejection           
          of claims 1 through 11, 26 and 27 as being unpatentable over                
          Umemura cannot be sustained.                                                





               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              

                                      REVERSED                                        




                                                       )                              
                         EDWARD C. KIMLIN              )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         BRADLEY R. GARRIS             )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )   APPEALS AND                
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                                                       ) INTERFERENCES                
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                         CHARLES F. WARREN             )                              
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