Ex parte BROWN et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1998-1965                                       Page 4           
          Application No. 08/357,325                                                  


               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced              
          by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted                
          rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper                 
          No. 10, mailed May 27, 1997) and the examiner's answer (Paper               
          No. 17, mailed February 18, 1998) for the examiner's complete               
          reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants'              
          brief (Paper No. 16, filed December 29, 1997) for the                       
          appellants' arguments thereagainst.                                         


                                       OPINION                                        
               In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given                 
          careful consideration to the appellants' specification and                  
          claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the                     
          respective positions articulated by the appellants and the                  
          examiner.  Upon evaluation of all the evidence before us, it                
          is our conclusion that the evidence adduced by the examiner is              
          insufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness                 
          with respect to the claims under appeal.  Accordingly, we will              
          not sustain the examiner's rejection of claims 1 to 7 and 10                
          to 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.  Our reasoning for this                        
          determination follows.                                                      







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