Appeal No. 95-4314 Page 7
Application No. 07/963,524
the ladle (see appealed claim 12) are claimed features that
were not suggested by and would not have been rendered obvious
by the applied references for use in a ladle comprising an open
top metal case having a generally cylindrical side wall, a
generally flat circular bottom, a refractory side wall lining
and a refractory bottom lining. We agree.
Accordingly, the record before us does not support a
conclusion that the examiner has met the initial burden of
presenting a prima facie case of obviousness. It follows that
we cannot sustain the examiner's § 103 rejection of claims 12,
13, and dependent claims 14-20 as being unpatentable over
Coulson in view of Cope.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
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