Ex parte BEER et al. - Page 6

                  Appeal No. 96-0044                                                                                                                      
                  Application 08/014,136                                                                                                                  




                  variable with respect to adhesion.  See In re Antonie, 559 F.2d 618, 620, 195 USPQ 6,                                                   
                  8-9 (CCPA 1977); cf.  In re Yates, 663 F.2d 1054, 1056, 211 USPQ 1149, 1151 (CCPA                                                       
                  1981).  The determination of a specific parameter can be an obvious expedient only when                                                 
                  the art appreciates that said parameter is a result effective variable.                                                                 
                           On this record, the examiner’s rejection is reversed.                                                                          
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              






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