Ex parte FORBES et al. - Page 6




          Appeal No. 2000-0500                                                        
          Application No. 09/006,137                                                  


          claim 14 are not found in Williams, either expressly or under               
          principles of inherency, it follows that the examiner's                     
          rejection of claim 14 (and of claim 15 which depends                        
          therefrom) under                                                            
          35 U.S.C. § 102(e) relying on Williams will not be sustained.               





          The decision of the examiner to reject claims 14 and 15                     
          under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) based on Williams is, accordingly,                 
          reversed.                                                                   


                                      REVERSED                                        




                         IAN A. CALVERT                     )                         
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
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                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         CHARLES E. FRANKFORT          )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )   APPEALS AND                
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                                                       )  INTERFERENCES               
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                         MURRIEL E. CRAWFORD                )                         
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