Appeal No. 98-3360 Page 6
Application No. 08/556,099
the liquid to the reservoir of the nebulizer, where such a
stream does not exist, the requirements of claim 3 are not met.
As was the case above, the defect is not cured by the secondary
reference.
It therefore is our conclusion that the combined teachings
of the two applied references fail to establish a prima facie
case of obviousness with regard to the subject matter recited
in any of the claims, and the rejection cannot be sustained.
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