Ex Parte Martin - Page 5



          Appeal No. 2005-0215                                                        
          Application No. 09/666,301                                                  

          charge well must be selectively switched into parallel with the             
          first charge well at whatever rate is needed to avoid saturation            
          of the first charge well.  More importantly, the examiner has not           
          set forth any reason why the skilled artisan would not have known           
          how to monitor the fill rate of the first charge well to avoid              
          such a saturation condition.                                                
               In summary, we find that the burden of coming forward with             
          evidence never shifted to the appellant since the examiner has              
          not set forth a reasonable basis for questioning either the                 
          written description support or the enablement of the claimed                
          invention.                                                                  














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