Appeal No. 1998-1081
Application No. 08/462,202
unless the prior art suggested the desirability of the
modification. In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 n.14, 23
USPQ2d 1780, 1783-84 n.14 (Fed. Cir. 1992). Accordingly,
since the Examiner has not established a prima facie case of
obviousness, the rejection of independent claims 1, 2, 7, 8,
9, 10, and 22, and claims 3-6 and 23-29, dependent thereon,
over the combination of Bone and Molitor is not sustained.
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