Ex parte AGEHEIM et al. - Page 8


         Appeal No. 1998-2732                                                       
         Application No. 08/244,163                                                 


         Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil, 774 F.2d 1132, 1138, 227              
         USPQ 543, 547 (Fed. Cir. 1985); W. L. Gore & Assoc. v. Garlock,            
         Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1553, 220 USPQ 303, 312-13 (Fed. Cir.                 
         1983).                                                                     
              In summary, the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 3,           
         5, 7, 9 through 13, and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                     
         unpatentable over Russell in view of Preto and the appellants’             
         admissions regarding the prior art is reversed.                            
              The decision of the examiner is reversed.                             
                                     REVERSED                                       







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