Ex parte ZOUGHI et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 96-2274                                                          
          Application No. 08/291,354                                                  

               The Examiner argues that the specification on page 18                  
          fails to disclose any structure to any degree of enabling                   
          detail.  Appellants argue on page 3 of the reply brief that                 
          the Examiner has only stated a conclusion.  Appellants point                
          out that the Examiner did not provide any support for this                  
          conclusion.                                                                 
               Upon a careful review of the record, we find that the                  
          Examiner did not have a reasonable basis for questioning the                
          sufficiency of the disclosure, and thereby the burden did not               
          shift to the Appellants to come forward with evidence to rebut              




















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