Ex parte STERNER et al. - Page 6

            Appeal No. 95-2456                                                         
            Application 08/059,895                                                     

                    for piecing together the prior art to defeat                       
                    patentability--the essence of hindsight.                           
            In re Dembiczak, 50 USPQ2d 1614, 1617 (Fed. Cir. 1999)                     

            Since A[o]bviousness can not be established by hindsight                   
            combination to produce the claimed invention,@ In re                       
            Dance,    160 F.3d 1339, 1343, 48 USPQ2d 1635, 1637 (Fed.                  
            Cir. 1998), a prima facie case of obviousness has not                      
            been established and, accordingly, we reverse the                          
            rejection.                                                                 


                                       REVERSED                                        



            SHERMAN D. WINTERS                       )                                 
            Administrative Patent Judge              )                                 
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            WILLIAM F. SMITH                         )     APPEALS                     
            Administrative Patent Judge              )       AND                       
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            HUBERT C. LORIN                          )                                 
            Administrative Patent Judge              )                                 
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