Appeal No. 1997-3243
Application 08/290,093
examiner’s rejection. Because no prima facie case of
obviousness has been established, we need not address
appellant’s evidence of commercial success. See In re
Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir.
1984); In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1052, 189 USPQ 143, 147
(CCPA 1976).
DECISION
The rejection of claims 10, 13-18 and 20 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 over Parrotta in view of Sakai is reversed.
REVERSED
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