Ex parte MILLMAN et al. - Page 15

          Appeal No. 1999-0259                                                        
          Application 08/596,857                                                      



          respect to independent claims 1, 10, and 16.  Appellants’                   
          dependent claims 2-3, 13 and 17-18, the patentability of which              
          were not argued separately, stand with the independent claims.              
          In re Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989, 991, 217 USPQ 1, 3 (Fed. Cir.                 
          1983).                                                                      
                    In view of the foregoing, we conclude that the                    
          Examiner has not established a prima facie case of                          
          unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and therefore find the                
          rejection of claims 1-3, 10, 13, and 16-18 improper.                        
          Accordingly, we reverse the Examiner’s decision.                            
                                      REVERSED                                        




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