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                    Appeal No. 96-1027                                                                                                                                     
                    Application 08/162,288                                                                                                                                 
                    from the invention itself."  Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wilet Corp., 837 F.2d 1044, 1051, 5                                                              
                    USPQ2d 1434, 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1988).  Accordingly, we hold that the examiner has not                                                                    
                    established a prima facie case of obviousness of the claims over the cited prior art.                                                                  
                                                                                 REVERSED                                                                                  


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