Ex Parte Starcevic - Page 8



          Appeal No. 2004-1926                                                        
          Application 09/714,670                                                      

          examiner has not established a prima facie case of obviousness of           
          the appellant’s claimed process.  Accordingly, we reverse the               
          examiner’s rejection.                                                       
                                      DECISION                                        
               The rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-10, 22                
          and 23 over Zaremski or Lovejoy, each in view of the McGraw-Hill            
          Dictionary and the Handbook of Metal Treatments and Testing,                
          claims 27-29 over Zaremski in view of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary            
          and the Handbook of Metal Treatments and Testing, and claims 1,             
          11-21 and 24-26 over Kiyo in view of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary             
          and the Handbook of Metal Treatments and Testing, are reversed.             
                                      REVERSED                                        




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