Ex parte KOPETZKI et al. - Page 8

              Appeal No. 1995-1162                                                                                         
              Application 07/725,943                                                                                       


              obviousness cannot be based on generalities.  In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017, 154                         
              USPQ 173, 178   (CCPA 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1057 (1968); In re Freed, 425                            
              F.2d 785, 788, 165 USPQ 570, 571 (CCPA 1970).   Accordingly, absent a fact-based                             
              explanation from the examiner as to why the applied prior would have rendered the                            
              claimed subject matter obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, we must reverse the                      
              rejection.                                                                                                   
                     The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                             
                                                      REVERSED                                                             






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