Ex parte HICKMAN et al. - Page 12




          Appeal No. 1998-1029                                                        
          Application 08/361,590                                                      


          Accordingly, the standing § 103 rejection of the appealed                   
          claims based on Owens will not be sustained.                                


                                       Summary                                        
               The reference evidence adduced by the examiner is                      
          insufficient to support a conclusion of obviousness of the                  
          claimed subject matter.  This being the case, we are                        
          constrained to reverse each of the standing rejections under                
          35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                            
                                      Reversed                                        






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                         IRWIN CHARLES COHEN           )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         LAWRENCE J. STAAB             )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )   APPEALS AND                
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) INTERFERENCES                
                                                       )                              
                         MURRIEL E. CRAWFORD                )                         
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              

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