Ex parte CALLAGHAN et al. - Page 4

          Appeal No. 2000-1038                                                        
          Application No. 08/888,042                                                  


               Under these circumstances, we are convinced that the                   
          examiner’s § 103 rejection is fatally premised upon                         
          impermissible hindsight.  See W.L. Gore & Assocs. v. Garlock,               
          Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir.                  
          1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).  For the reasons                  
          indicated supra, we reverse the examiner’s decision rejecting               
          all of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                           
                                      REVERSED                                        


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