Ex parte GRIMES - Page 7

                  Appeal No. 1998-2191                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/284,708                                                                                                              

                  1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992).  That burden has not been met in                                                     
                  the instant case.  Accordingly, we do not sustain the rejection of claims 1-17 under 35                                                 
                  U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hattori and Ortiz.                                                                              


                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                        The rejection of claims 1-17 is reversed.                                                                                         


                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              




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