Ex parte RIBIER et al. - Page 11




          Appeal No. 1996-1783                                                        
          Application No. 08/195,025                                                  


          sufficiency of appellants’ rebuttal evidence (page 25 of the                
          specification; see the Brief, page 19, and the Reply Brief,                 
          pages 5-6).  In re Geiger, 815 F.2d 686, 688, 2 USPQ2d 1276,                
          1278 (Fed. Cir. 1987).  Accordingly, the examiner’s rejection               
          of claims 20 through 37 under 35 U.S.C.     § 103 as                        
          unpatentable over Meybeck or Fujiwara or Handjani in view of                
          Tin and/or Popescu and Gaonkar is reversed.                                 
               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              
          REVERSED                                                                    





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