Appeal No. 1998-1125 Page 12
Application No. 08/410,247
a product disclosed by the prior art, the burden is properly
upon the applicants to prove with objective evidence that the
prior art product does not necessarily or inherently possess
characteristics attributed to the claimed product. See In re
Spada, 911 F.2d 705, 708, 15 USPQ2d 1655, 1658 (Fed. Cir.
1990); In re Fitzgerald, 619 F.2d 67, 70, 205 USPQ 594, 596
(CCPA 1980). This is the case whether the rejection is based
on 35 U.S.C.
§ 102 or § 103. See In re Best, 562 F.2d 1252, 1254-55, 195
USPQ 430, 433 (CCPA 1977). This, the appellants have not
done.
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