Ex parte SANO et al. - Page 11

                  Appeal No. 2000-0630                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 07/780,717                                                                                                              

                           In our judgment, the only reason or suggestion to modify the references in the                                                 
                  manner proposed by the examiner comes from appellants’ specification.  Accordingly, we                                                  
                  find that the examiner’s initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness                                               
                  has not been met, and all three of the rejections of the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are                                               
                  reversed.                                                                                                                               
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              








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