Appeal No. 1997-0661
Application No. 08/257,866
Where the examiner fails to establish a prima facie case, the rejection is
improper and will be overturned. In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 1074, 5 USPQ2d 1596,
1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988). Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 1-5 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 over Soloviev in view of Barenholz.
REVERSED
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Sherman D. Winters )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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