Ex parte COTTER et al. - Page 9




          Appeal No. 93-4191                                                          
          Application 07/831,627                                                      



          the specification fails to satisfy the requirements of 35 USC               
          § 112, first paragraph, he has the initial burden of providing              
          a reason based on technical reasoning and/or objective                      
          evidence as to why one skilled in the art would not have been               
          able to make and use the claimed invention without undue                    
          experimentation.  In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 1050, 29 USPQ2d              
          2010, 2013 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731, 737, 8              
          USPQ 2d 1400, 1404 (Fed. Cir. 1988); In re Marzocchi, 439 F.2d              
          220, 223, 169 USPQ 367, 369 (CCPA 1971).                                    
               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              
                                      REVERSED                                        







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