Appeal No. 1998-1320 Application No. 08/305,643 For the reasons discussed supra, it is our opinion that, since the Examiner has not established a prima facie case of obviousness, the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claims 1, 7, and 13, as well as claims 2-6, 8-12, and 14-18 dependent thereon, cannot be sustained. Accordingly, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1-18 is reversed. REVERSED ) LEE E. BARRETT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) ) INTERFERENCES ) LANCE LEONARD BARRY ) Administrative Patent Judge ) JFR:hh 12Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007