Ex Parte CASTRO - Page 8



                  Appeal No. 2003-0892                                                                                        Page 8                      
                  Application No. 09/454,385                                                                                                              
                  1769, 1775 (Fed. Cir. 2000).  On this record, we find an insufficient factual basis to                                                  
                  support the examiner’s conclusion, and we reverse the rejection of claims 1-12 under                                                    
                  35 U.S.C. § 103 because the examiner has not established that all of limitations of the                                                 
                  claims on appeal were taught or would have been suggested by the prior art.                                                             
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              



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