Ex parte COPPENS et al. - Page 5

          Appeal No. 1997-1537                                                        
          Application No. 08/290,116                                                  

          that none of these references contains any teaching or                      
          suggestion of controlling formaldehyde and pH levels in paper               
          spacers so as to be within the ranges defined by the                        
          independent claim on appeal.                                                
               In light of the foregoing, we cannot sustain the                       
          examiner’s section 103 rejection of claims 3 through 8 as                   
          being unpatentable over Coppens, Sewall, Akao ‘600, Akao ‘906,              
          Birr, Asano and Fessenden.                                                  


               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              
                                      REVERSED                                        





          Edward C. Kimlin                )                                           
               Administrative Patent Judge     )                                      
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                         Bradley R. Garris               ) BOARD OF                   
          PATENT                                                                      
                         Administrative Patent Judge     )   APPEALS AND              
                                                  )  INTERFERENCES                    
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               Terry J. Owens                     )                                   
                         Administrative Patent Judge     )                            
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