Appeal No. 1998-2910
Application No. 08/500,282
and Fincher.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We affirm.
In our view, the examiner has established a prima facie
case of obviousness of the claimed subject matter at pages 4-5
of the answer, explaining how the various references are
applied, identifying various portions of the references which
disclose the claimed features, and providing a rationale basis
as to why the references would have been combined within the
meaning of
35 U.S.C. § 103.
Thus, the burden of overcoming this prima facie showing
of obviousness of the claimed subject matter shifted to
3
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007