Ex parte MANDULEY - Page 10




          Appeal No. 95-4184                                                          
          Application 07/813,080                                                      

          activation of an optional feature.  The examiner does not                   
          address the limitations about additional hardware required by               
          the user's selection of an optional feature.  Thus, we                      
          conclude that the examiner has failed to establish a                        
          prima facie case of obviousness with respect to independent                 
          claims 19 and 37.  The rejections of claims 19-23, 27-33, and               
          37 are reversed.                                                            
                                      REVERSED                                        





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                         MICHAEL R. FLEMING                 )                         
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