Appeal No. 1997-0500 Application 08/404,704 Wetterhorn would only affect the manner in which the bezel is attached to housing 12 and not to gauge 10 or overlap 28, the applied prior art fails to teach or suggest the bezel means having a gauge extraction means as recited in each of the independent claims. Therefore, the examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case of the obviousness of the claims on appeal. In summary, we do not sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-31 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Therefore, the decision of the examiner rejecting these claims is reversed. REVERSED Jerry Smith ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) Parshotam S. Lall ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007