Appeal No. 1997-0998 Application 08/251,494 case of obviousness from the reference evidence. Accordingly, the rejection of claims 1-5, 9, 13-15 and 22 under § 103 over Franz in view of Mercer and Gerber is reversed. In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). The decision of the examiner is reversed. REVERSED TERRY J. OWENS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT THOMAS A. WALTZ ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) CAROL A. SPIEGEL ) Administrative Patent Judge ) TAW/kis SCHULLER INTERNATIONAL, INC. P. O. Box 5108 Denver, CO 80217 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007