Ex parte CUSHING - Page 7




          Appeal No. 96-2476                                                          
          Application 07/890,785                                                      


          (Figure 1).  The teachings of this reference thus do not                    
          establish a prima facie case of obviousness with regard to the              
          subject matter of independent claim 14 or, it follows, of any               
          of the claims dependent therefrom.  Nor is this deficiency                  
          alleviated by considering Stein, which was cited by the                     
          examiner for its teaching of utilizing a nose wheel mounted at              
          the forward end of the skate.                                               
               The rejections are not sustained, and the decision of the              
          examiner is reversed.                                                       
                                      REVERSED                                        





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