Ex parte IIMORI et al. - Page 9


             Appeal No. 1998-1866                                                                                    
             Application 08/406,883                                                                                  
             the ball was back in the examiner’s side of the court to supply a fact-based explanation                
             why appellants’ position in regard to the laccase activity of the respective strains was                
             incorrect.  We have not found such an explanation on this record.                                       
                    Absent such a fact-based explanation, we reverse the examiner’s 102 rejection                    
             as well as the rejection of claim 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                             
                    The decision of the examiner is reversed.                                                        

                                                    REVERSED                                                         








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