Appeal No. 1999-1742
Application No. 08/730,674
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is, of course, impermissible. See, for
example, W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721
F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984).
It follows that we cannot sustain the examiner’s rejection
of claims 1, 9 and 14 or of claims 2 through 8, 10 through 13
and 15 through 20, dependent thereon.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims
1 through 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.
REVERSED
NEAL E. ABRAMS )
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JEFFREY V. NASE ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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JOHN F. GONZALES )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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