Appeal No. 1997-2795
Application No. 08/438,933
Based on the foregoing, we conclude that the examiner has failed to establish a prima facie
case of obviousness as to claims 13-16.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decisions of the examiner (i) to reject claims 14 and 16 under
35 U.S.C. § 112 second paragraph, as indefinite, (ii) to reject claims 12 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. §
102 as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over any of
Naggi ‘063, Naggi ‘881 or Petitou, and (iii) to reject claims 13-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over either Fransson (M) or Casu are reversed.
REVERSED
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TEDDY S. GRON ) APPEALS
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