Ex parte D'HONT et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 1998-0150                                                        
          Application No. 08/435,224                                                  


               Under these circumstances, we agree with appellants that               
          the examiner has not carried his burden of establishing a                   
          prima facie case of obviousness regarding the claimed subject               
          matter under 35 U.S.C. § 103.  Accordingly, on this record, we              
          are constrained to reverse the examiner’s decision rejecting                
          all of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the                   
          applied prior art references.                                               


                                      REVERSED                                        




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