Ex parte YANG et al. - Page 5

                  Appeal No. 1999-1993                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/385,702                                                                                                              


                  the teaching of equal and opposite voltage does not teach or suggest the invention as                                                   
                  recited in claim 1.  Therefore, the examiner has not set forth a prima facie case of                                                    

                  obviousness, and we cannot sustain the rejection of claim 1 and its dependent claims 2                                                  
                  and 4-13.                                                                                                                               
                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              

                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 2, and 4-13  under                                              
                  35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                            
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




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