Appeal No. 1998-0871
Application No. 08/406,301
demonstration. Our reviewing court requires this evidence in order to establish a prima facie case. In
re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1471-72, 223 USPQ 785, 787-88 (Fed. Cir. 1984); In re
Knapp-Monarch Co., 296 F.2d 230, 232, 132 USPQ 6, 8 (CCPA 1961); In re Cofer, 354 F.2d
664, 668, 148 USPQ 268, 271-72 (CCPA 1966). Our reviewing court states in In re Piasecki, 745
F.2d 1468, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir. 1984) the following:
The Supreme Court in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1 (1966), focused on
the procedural and evidentiary processes in reaching a conclusion under Section 103.
As adapted to ex parte procedure, Graham is interpreted as continuing to place the
"burden of proof on the Patent Office which requires it to produce the factual basis for
its rejection of an application under section 102 and 103." Citing In re Warner, 379
F.2d 1011, 1020, 154 USPQ 173, 177 (CCPA 1967).
Accordingly, we will reverse the rejection of claims 7-12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
SUMMARY
The rejection of claims 1-6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed. The rejection of claims
7-12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART.
MICHAEL R. FLEMING )
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