Appeal No. 1996-0073
Application 08/278,688
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this reason, we reverse the rejection of claims 8-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over GB '904A. See In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443,
1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (the examiner bears the initial burden of presenting a prima facie
case of unpatentability).
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
Marc L. Caroff )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Andrew H. Metz ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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Adriene Lepiane Hanlon )
Administrative Patent Judge )
S.H. Dworetsky
AT&T Bell Laboratories
600 Mountain Avenue
P. O. Box 636
Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636
3Claims 9 and 10 are dependent on claim 8.
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