Ex Parte TOMKO et al - Page 4

                     Appeal No. 1997-3374                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/386,393                                                                                                                                            


                     teacher.”  In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 1076, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1600  (Fed. Cir. 1988),                                                                                
                     citing W.L. Gore & Assocs. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303,                                                                                   
                     312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).  Accordingly, the rejection is                                                                        
                     reversed.                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                 REVERSED                                                                                              







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