Ex parte ESMON et al. - Page 11

                  Appeal No. 1997-0483                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 07/648,900                                                                                                              


                  sustained her burden of establishing a prima facie case of nonenablement, we do not                                                     
                  reach appellants' rebuttal evidence discussed on pages 16-18 of the brief.                                                              
                  .                                               CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 5, 6, 13, 16 and                                                   
                  19-22 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and second paragraphs, as indefinite and non-enabled                                                 
                  is reversed.                                                                                                                            
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              


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