Ex Parte MEDFORD et al - Page 6

                Appeal No.  1999-1215                                                                         
                Application No.  08/401,192                                                                   
                      The initial burden of presenting a prima facie case of obviousness rests                
                on the examiner.  In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444                    
                (Fed. Cir. 1992).  On this record, the examiner failed to provide the evidence                
                necessary to support a prima facie case of obviousness.                                       
                      Accordingly, the rejection of claims 35-43 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over                   
                Hélène in view of Blumenfeld and Inoue is reversed.                                           

                                                 REVERSED                                                     


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