Ex parte WALSH et al. - Page 8




               Appeal No. 96-4032                                                                                                    
               Application 08/054,496                                                                                                


               established using hindsight or in view of the teachings or suggestions of the inventor."  Para-Ordnance               

               Mfg. v. SGS Importers Int’l, Inc., 73 F.3d at 1087, 37 USPQ2d at 1239, citing W. L. Gore, 721                         

               F.2d at 1551, 1553, 220 USPQ at 311, 312-13.                                                                          

                       We have not sustained the rejection of claims 7 through 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                             

               Accordingly, the Examiner's decision is reversed.                                                                     

                                                          REVERSED                                                                   








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