Appeal No. 1998-2280
Application No. 08/514,677
For these reasons, we hold that the applied prior art
reference does not establish a prima facie case of obviousness
against appealed independent claim 1 within the meaning of 35
U.S.C. § 103. Since appealed claims 2 through 7 all directly
or indirectly depend from claim 1, it follows that the subject
matter of these dependent claims would also not have been
prima facie obvious over the applied prior art references. In
re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 1076, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1600 (Fed. Cir.
1988).
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
BRADLEY R. GARRIS )
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