Ex parte BEIERLORZER et al. - Page 7

          Appeal No. 95-4375                                                          
          Application 08/153,491                                                      


          § 103 is, of course, impermissible.  See, for example, W. L. Gore           
          and Associates, Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553, 220             
          USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983).  It follows that we cannot               
          sustain the examiner’s rejection.                                           
               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              
                                      REVERSED                                        




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