Appeal No. 1997-1012
Application No. 08/115,937
With regard to the Katz patent, the Examiner has not identified any portion of this
reference to teach or suggest the thesaurus means for expanding the list of descriptors.
Therefore, Katz does not remedy the deficiency in the prima facie case of obviousness
presented by the Examiner in the combination of Kawai, Strong and Cannon. Therefore,
we will not sustain the rejection of claims 10, 20 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. 103.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the Examiner to reject claim 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14,
18, 20-22, 24, 28 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
KENNETH W. HAIRSTON )
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LEE E. BARRETT ) APPEALS
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JOSEPH L. DIXON )
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