Ex parte ZANK - Page 13




                  Appeal no. 97-1293                                                                                                                      
                  Application no. 08/281,812                                                                                                              

                           On this record, the examiner has not established from the teachings of Lukacs and                                              
                  Yajima that to one of ordinary skill in the art would have found the claimed process obvious                                            
                  at the time the invention was made.  Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 1-10.                                              
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              







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