Ex parte KAUFMAN et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 2000-2035                                      Page 10           
          Application No. 08/844,282                                                  


          provided between facing portions of the peripheral edges of                 
          the bifold membrane adjacent the top edges of the barrier                   
          walls.                                                                      


               Once again, it is our view that the only suggestion for                
          modifying Stanek in the manner proposed by the examiner to                  
          meet the above-noted limitations stems from hindsight                       
          knowledge derived from the appellants' own disclosure.  It                  
          follows that we cannot sustain the examiner's rejections of                 
          claims 2, 6-8, 10, 11, 17 and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                   
          being unpatentable over Stanek in view of Lehmacher.                        
























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