Appeal No. 1997-0500
Application 08/404,704
Wetterhorn would only affect the manner in which the bezel is
attached to housing 12 and not to gauge 10 or overlap 28, the
applied prior art fails to teach or suggest the bezel means
having a gauge extraction means as recited in each of the
independent claims. Therefore, the examiner has failed to
establish a prima facie case of the obviousness of the claims
on appeal.
In summary, we do not sustain the examiner’s rejection
of claims 1-31 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Therefore, the decision
of the examiner rejecting these claims is reversed.
REVERSED
Jerry Smith )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Parshotam S. Lall ) BOARD OF
PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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