Ex parte BOIME et al. - Page 8

                 Appeal No. 1997-2517                                                                                 
                 Application No. 08/155,102                                                                           

                 rejection must be reversed.  See In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 1075, 5 USPQ2d                           
                 1596, 1600 (Fed. Cir. 1988).                                                                         
                                                      Summary                                                         
                        We reverse the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 because the record lacks                      
                 evidence showing that a person skilled in the art would have been motivated to                       
                 combine the cited references.                                                                        


                                                    REVERSED                                                          




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