Appeal No. 1999-0253
Application No. 08/636,206
been applied to show additional features of the claimed
subject matter and do not remedy the deficiency noted above.
For the foregoing reasons, we determine that the examiner
has not presented a case of prima facie obviousness in view of
the reference evidence. Accordingly, the rejection of the
claims on appeal under section 103 over MacGregor in view of
Gianturco and Kaster, optionally further in view of Simon,
cannot be sustained.
C. Summary
The rejection of claims 15-17 and 20-22 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, ¶1, is reversed. The rejection of claims 15-17 and 20-
22
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