Appeal No. 1996-4072 Application No. 08/133,283 evidentiary foundation from which a conclusion of obviousness can be reached. Accordingly, we are constrained to reverse the rejection of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 because the examiner has simply failed to meet his burden of establishing an evidentiary record to establish a prima facie case of obviousness of the claimed subject matter as a whole within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103. 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007