Appeal No. 1998-2466 Page 10 Application No. 08/508,747 checking the time accuracy of the first machine to verify the time accuracy of the time-stamp. Accordingly, we find that the examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case of obviousness of the claimed invention. The rejection of claims 1, 6, and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is therefore reversed. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 6, and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. REVERSED STANLEY M. URYNOWICZ, JR. ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT JOSEPH L. DIXON ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) STUART S. LEVY ) Administrative Patent Judge ) SSL/gjhPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007