Ex parte BABINSKI - Page 5

          Appeal No. 1998-0403                                                        
          Application No. 08/536,232                                                  
          that the prior art may be modified in                                       







          the manner suggested by the examiner does not make the                      
          modification obvious unless the prior art suggested the                     
          desirability of the modification.  In re Fritch, 972 F.2d                   
          1260, 1266 n.14, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1783-84 n.14 (Fed. Cir.                    
          1992).                                                                      
                                                                                     
                                      REVERSED                                        



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                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
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