Ex parte KNUTH et al. - Page 4

          Appeal No. 94-4497                                                          
          Application 07/913,782                                                      


               For the foregoing reasons, the examiner has not met his                
          burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness over               
          the cited prior art.  In re Rijckaert, 9 F.3d 1531, 1532, 28                
          USPQ2d 1955, 1956 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d                
          1468, 1471-1473, 223 USPQ 785, 787-788 (Fed. Cir. 1984).                    
          Accordingly, the decision of the examiner is reversed.                      


                                      REVERSED                                        
                                                                                     


                         BRADLEY R. GARRIS        )                                   
                         Administrative Patent Judge)                                 
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                         CAMERON WEIFFENBACH           )  BOARD OF                    
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                         Administrative Patent Judge)    APPEALS AND                  
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                         JOAN ELLIS               )                                   
                         Administrative Patent Judge)                                 
          Jacques M. Dulin                                                            
          Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro                                                  
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          San Jose, CA  95113                                                         



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