Appeal No. 1998-2974
Application No. 08/524,106
opinion. 35 U.S.C. § 103 requires that the combination would
have been obvious, not merely that it could have been obvious
or that the references could have been combined.
CONCLUSION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 14, 18, 22,
and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is reversed. The decision of
the
examiner rejecting claims 17, 19, 21, and 25 through 27 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
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