Appeal No. 1996-4115
Application No. 08/183,273
suggestion, or motivation to combine the references in the
manner proposed by the examiner. Accordingly, the examiner
has not established a prima facie case of obviousness. See In
re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1357-1358, 47 USPQ2d 1453, 1458
(Fed. Cir. 1998).
DECISION
The rejection of claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the admitted state of the prior art and
Daniel, Chamberlin, Baggett, and Devore is reversed.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
Edward C. Kimlin )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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John D. Smith ) BOARD OF
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Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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