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          Appeal No. 1999-0166                                                        
          Application No. 08/656,544                                                  


                                      OPINION                                         
          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                          
          appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, and the                     
          evidence of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support              
          for the rejection.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into              
          consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellant’s arguments              
          set forth in the Briefs along with the Examiner’s rationale in              
          support of the rejection and arguments in rebuttal set forth                
          in the Examiner’s Answer.                                                   
               It is our view, after consideration of the record before               
          us, that the evidence relied upon and the level of skill in                 
          the particular art would not have suggested to one of ordinary              
          skill in the art the obviousness of the invention as set forth              
          in claims 1 and 3-9.  Accordingly, we reverse.                              
               In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, it is                       
          incumbent upon the Examiner to establish a factual basis to                 
          support the legal conclusion of obviousness.  See In re Fine,               
          837 F.2d 1071, 1074, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988).  In              
          so                                                                          
          doing, the Examiner is expected to make the factual                         
          determinations set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S.              
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