Ex parte BURDICK et al. - Page 6




                 Appeal No. 2000-1470                                                                                     Page 6                        
                 Application No. 08/915,706                                                                                                             


                 knowledge to support an obviousness rejection under 35 U.S.C.                                                                          
                 § 103 is, of course, impermissible.  See, for example, W. L.                                                                           
                 Gore and Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553,                                                                          
                 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S.                                                                          
                 851 (1984).  It follows that we cannot sustain the examiner's                                                                          
                 rejections of claims 1-12.                                                                                                             






















                          3(...continued)                                                                                                               
                 Systems or Component; Class 198, Conveyors: Power-Driven; and                                                                          
                 Class 305, Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles, subclasses                                                                             
                 120+, 164, 52, 196+, 200+, & 202+.                                                                                                     







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