Ex parte STEINMETZ et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 1998-0402                                                        
          Application No. 08/490,046                                                  


          not a proper basis for a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103.  See              
          In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266, 23 USPQ2d 1780, 1784 (Fed.               
          Cir. 1992).  The conclusion follows that the combined                       
          teachings of                                                                
          Sturm and Kunnecke fail to establish a prima facie case of                  
          obviousness with regard to the subject matter recited in claim              
          1.  This being the case, we will not sustain the rejection of               
          claim 1 or, it follows, of claims 2-5, which are dependent                  
          therefrom.                                                                  





















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