Ex parte GIJS et al. - Page 6




          Appeal No. 1998-0880                                                        
          Application No. 08/649,909                                                  


          or suggestions of the inventor."  Para-Ordnance Mfg. v. SGS                 
          Importers Int’l, 73 F.3d at 1087, 37 USPQ2d at 1239, citing W.              
          L. Gore & Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d at 1551,                 
          1553, 220 USPQ at 311, 312-13.                                              
















               Accordingly, we will not sustain the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C.              
          § 103 rejection of claims 2 through 4, 8, 12 through 14, 16                 
          and 18.                                                                     


                                      REVERSED                                        





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