Ex Parte DE WITH et al - Page 5




               Appeal No. 2002-1231                                                                                                 
               Application No. 09/328,693                                                                                           


               blocks” as recited in the language of independent claim 1.  Therefore, we find that the                              
               examiner has not established a prima facie case of obviousness, and we cannot                                        
               sustain the rejection of independent claim 1 and its dependent claims 4 and 5.                                       
               Independent claims 6, 9 an 18 contain similar limitations which the examiner has not                                 
               shown in the prior art applied, therefore, we find that the examiner has not established                             
               a prima facie case of obviousness, and we cannot sustain the rejection of independent                                
               claims 6, 9 and 18 and their dependent claims 7 and 8.                                                               
























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