Ex parte PETER J. WILK et al. - Page 16




          Appeal No. 95-3598                                                          
          Application 08/125,671                                                      



          through 17 and 21 through 25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, these                   
          references do not supply the deficiencies noted above with regard           
          to the Fisher publication.                                                  


                    Accordingly, we conclude that the examiner has failed             
          to make out even a prima facie case of obviousness with regard to           
          the subject matter of claims 1, 4 and 7 through 25 on appeal.               


                    To summarize our decision, we note that the examiner's            
          rejection of appealed claims 1, 4 and 7 through 25 under 35                 
          U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, based on lack of an enabling                 
          disclosure has been reversed, but that the rejection of claims 1,           


          4, 7 through 10 and 11 through 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first              
          paragraph, based on the lack of a written description supporting            
          the invention as now claimed has been sustained.  The examiner's            
          rejections of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 have not            
          been sustained.                                                             


                    It follows from the foregoing that the decision of the            
          examiner is affirmed-in-part.                                               


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