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          Appeal No. 95-3998                                                          
          Application 07/914,904                                                      


          USPQ 1125, 1127 (Fed. Cir. 1984).  "Obviousness may not be                  
          established using hindsight or in                                           





          view of the teachings or suggestions of the inventor."  Para-               
          Ordnance Mfg., 73 F.3d at 1087, 37 USPQ2d at 1239, citing W.                
          L. Gore, 721 F.2d at 1551, 1553, 220 USPQ at 311, 312-13.                   
               We have not sustained the rejection of claims 1 through                
          20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.  Accordingly, the Examiner's                      
          decision is reversed.                                                       
                                     REVERSED                                         





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