Ex parte CAROBOLANTE - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1998-0295                                                        
          Application No. 08/202,828                                                  


          page 13) that “the application of the Rhodes technique to the               
          problem disclosed by the Appellant is merely hindsight.”  We                
          agree.                                                                      
                                      DECISION                                        
               The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through                
          17, 19 and 21 through 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                 


                                      REVERSED                                        



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